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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1622-1626
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Discomfiting, Disconfutting, vbl. n. [ME. disconfitynge (Chaucer), e.m.E. discomfetynge (1535).] Defeat; defeating. —1375 Barb. xviii. 190.
Thai that war … send fra the King Quhen thai herd the discumfiting, Till Cragfergus thai went agane 1622-6 Bisset II. 309/18.
Ane invincibill bulwark for the faithfull in disconfutting of the wicked barbarianis