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单词 discomfit
释义 discomfit
 —discomfiter,  n.  
 /dis kum"fit/,  v.t.  
  1. to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
  2. to frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil.
  3.  Archaic.   to defeat utterly; rout: The army was discomfited in every battle.
  n.  
  4.  Archaic.   rout; defeat.
 [1175-1225; ME < AF descunfit, OF desconfit, ptp. of desconfire, equiv. to des- DIS-1 + confire to make, accomplish < L conficere; see CONFECT]
 Syn. 1. discompose, embarrass, disturb.
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