1. (v. t.) To thwart the plans of; frustrate; disconcert.
2. (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk; to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
3. (a.) Discomfited; overthrown.
4. (n.) Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
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