Defeat, subst. ruin, destruction: “made d. of her virginity,” Ado IV, 1, 48. “making d. on the full power of France,” H5 I, 2, 107. “a king upon whose property and life a damned d. was made,” Hml. II, 2, 598. “so may a thousand actions be all well borne without d.” H5 I, 2, 213 (Qq defect). “their d. does by their own insinuation grow,” Hml. V, 2, 58.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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