4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomfited}; p.
pr & vb n. {Discomfiting}.] [OF. desconfit p. p. of
desconfire F. d['e]confire; fr L. dis- + conficere to make
ready, prepare, bring about See {Comfit}, {Fact}.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
--Spenser.
2. To break up and frustrate the plans of to balk? to throw
into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Well go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.
Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, a.
Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, n.
Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him
--Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
discomfit
n : a defeat in battle [syn: {rout}, {discomfiture}]
v : cause to lose one's composure [syn: {upset}, {discompose}, {untune},
{disconcert}]
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