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Webster 1913 Edition

Discomfit

Dis-com′fit

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Discomfited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Discomfiting
.]
[OF.
desconfit
, p. p. of
desconfire
, F.
déconfire
; fr. L.
dis-
+
conficere
to make ready, prepare, bring about. See
Comfit
,
Fact
.]
1.
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
And his proud foes
discomfit
in victorious field.
Spenser.
2.
To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk[GREEK] to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Syn. – To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.

Dis-com′fit

,
Adj.
Discomfited; overthrown.
[Obs.]

Dis-com′fit

,
Noun.
Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
Such a
discomfit
as shall quite despoil him.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Discomfit

DISCOMFIT

,
Verb.
T.
[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.
He, fugitive, declined superior strength, discomfited, pursued.

DISCOMFIT

,
Noun.
Rout; dispersion; defeat; overthrow.

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