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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb win a victory over
noun an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
verb thwart the passage of
originFrom Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0