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discomfit definition

dis·com·fit (dis kum′fit)

transitive verb

  1. Archaic to defeat; overthrow
  2. to frustrate the plans or expectations of
  3. to make uneasy; disconcert

Etymology: ME discomfiten < OFr desconfit, pp. of desconfire < VL *disconficere < L dis- + conficere: see confect

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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