discomfiter

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• 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.… …   Universalium