FRUSTRATE

a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak.

2.
v.

To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine Milton.

3.
v.

To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

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