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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Checkmate \Check"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkmated}; p. pr & vb n. {Checkmating}.] 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. 2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford.
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