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Discomfit v. t. (past & past part. discomfited; pres. part. discomfiting)

To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat. "And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field."

To break up and frustrate the plans of; to disconcert. "Well, go with me and be not so discomfited."

Synonyms: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.

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Etymology of 'Discomfit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Discomfit" Quotes from Famous Books

... pounds of bad debts. Consider what a man's genuine business must be like when he can jauntily allude to three hundred thousands as a bagatelle by the way. That same man has means of obtaining "information" sufficient to discomfit any poor gambler who steps into the Ring and expects to beat the bookmakers by downright above-board dealing. As soon as he begins to lay heavily against a horse the animal is regarded as doomed to lose by all save the imbeciles who persist in hoping against hope. In 1889 this betting man made ...

— The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions - Joints In Our Social Armour • James Runciman

... Samuel called all Israel to Mizpah, and offered sacrifice before Jehovah, and judged the people. Here he inspired them with new courage and sent them down to discomfit the Philistines. Hither he came as judge and ruler of Israel, making his annual circuit between Gilgal and Bethel and Mizpah. Here he assembled the tribes again, when they were tired of his rule, and gave them a King according to their ...

— Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land - Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit • Henry Van Dyke

... Deity comparing and preferring Before the God of Abraham. He, be sure, Will not connive, or linger, thus provok'd, But will arise and his great name assert: Dagon must stoop, and shall e're long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted Trophies won on me, 470 And with confusion blank ...

— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton

... especial against one Saracen, the which was King Evelake's cousin, a rich king and a mighty, which marched nigh this land. So on a day these two met to do battle. Then Joseph, the son of Joseph of Arimathie, went to King Evelake and told him he should be discomfit and slain, but if he left his belief of the old law and believed upon the new law. And then there he shewed him the right belief of the Holy Trinity, to the which he agreed unto with all his heart; and there this shield was made ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 • Charles Sylvester

... ye will gather your men I will lead you to the hold of those murderous kings by a secret way, and ye should give them such a sudden blow as will discomfit them.' ...

— King Arthur's Knights - The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls • Henry Gilbert

... a corner desk was Anthony Pye. He had a dark, sullen little face, and was staring at Anne with a hostile expression in his black eyes. Anne instantly made up her mind that she would win that boy's affection and discomfit the Pyes utterly. ...

— Anne Of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery

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