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Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil..

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it..

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..

Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents..

Outvote :: Outvote (v. t.) To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.

Frustrative :: Frustrative (a.) Tending to defeat; fallacious.

Preventive :: Preventive (a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease..

Defeasance :: Defeasance (n.) A defeat; an overthrow.

Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment..

Worse :: Worse (n.) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.

Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat..

Contravene :: Contravene (v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

Retreat :: Retreat (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field..

Baffle :: Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture..

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc..

Miscarry :: Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat..

Profligation :: Profligation (n.) Defeat; rout; overthrow.

Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated..

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