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discomfit

noun

Rout; dispersion; defeat; overthrow.

discomfit

verb transitive

[L., to fasten, to nail; to fix.]

To rout; to defeat; to scatter in fight; to cause to flee; to vanquish. Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Exodus 17:13. He, fugitive, declined superior strength, discomfited.