Defeating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Defeat \De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defeated}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Defeating}.] [From F. d['e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe
     d['e]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do.
     See {Feat}, {Fact}, and cf. {Disfashion}.]
     1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.]
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              His unkindness may defeat my life.    --Shak.
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     2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as
        hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
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              He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being
              that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all
              his hopes.                            --Tillotson.
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              The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his
              succession.                           --Hallam.
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              In one instance he defeated his own purpose. --A. W.
                                                    Ward.
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     3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse,
        or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
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     4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
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              Sharp reasons to defeat the law.      --Shak.
  
     Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "defeating":
     ascendant, baffling, confounding, conquering, disconcerting,
     dominant, flushed with success, frustrating, in ascendancy,
     in the ascendant, overcoming, prevailing, successful, triumphal,
     triumphant, vanquishing, victorious, winning