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[dɪˈfiːt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat
(e.g: Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’
[dɪˈfiːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an instance of defeating or being defeated
(e.g: a 1–0 defeat by Grimsby)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’
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