Defeat: alternatives and connections

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

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The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.

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of End

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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

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To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

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To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

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To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

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To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

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of Overrun

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To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

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Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an…

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To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

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To set up; to put upright.

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To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.

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A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone…

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of Drub

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To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

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Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an…

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The act of killing.

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of Thresh

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of Trounce

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of Wallop

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of Whip

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Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.

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To tread under foot; to trample.

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To tread under foot; to trample.

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A kiln.

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A kiln.

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One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.

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One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.

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The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs

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A kiln.

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of Lick

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of Overcome

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A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

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A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

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