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Definition of Defeated

1. Adjective. Beaten or overcome; not victorious. "The defeated enemy"

2. Noun. People who are defeated. "The Romans had no pity for the defeated"

3. Adjective. Disappointingly unsuccessful. "His best efforts were thwarted"

Definition of Defeated

1. Adjective. subjugated, beaten, overcome ¹

2. Verb. (past of defeat) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defeated

1. defeat [v] - See also: defeat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defeated

defaults defaulty defeasance defeasanced defeasances defeasaunce defeasibilities defeasibility defeasible defeasible fee

defeasible fees defeasibleness defeasibly defeat defeatable defeated (current term) defeatedly defeatedness defeater defeaters

defeatican defeaticans defeating defeatism defeatisms defeatist defeatists defeatocrat defeatocrats defeats

Literary usage of Defeated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1873)
"(6) By the rules of the common law, dower will determine, or be defeated, ... So, dower will be defeated by the operation of collateral enlarged by the New ..."

2. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"The Senate cheerfully confirmed the election, proclaiming the and marched against Carthage. The younger Gordianus came out to oppose him, but was defeated ..."

3. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1805)
"General Howe defeated by the British under colonel Campbell, ... Insurrection of the tones in South Carolina, who are defeated by colonel Pickens. ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The two armies, Egyptian and Chaldean, met at Carchemish, the Egyptians were defeated and pursued to the very border of Egypt by the victorious ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"6 Contingent remainders, how defeated.—But a mere disseisin of the rar- ticular tenant will not destroy them, so long as he retains a right of entry. ..."

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