Discomfit

dis-kum′fit, v.t. to disconcert, to balk: to defeat or rout;— pr.p. discom′fiting; pa.p. discom′fited. — n. ( Milt. ) defeat.— n. Discom′fiture . [O. Fr. des confit , pa.p. of des con fire —L. dis , neg., conficĕre , to prepare— con , inten., facĕre , to make.]