DISCOMFIT

v. a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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

3.
a.

Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]

4.
n.

Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him. Milton.