FRUSTRATE
\fɹʌstɹˈe͡ɪt], \fɹʌstɹˈeɪt], \f_ɹ_ʌ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of FRUSTRATE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
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To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
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Ineffectual.
By Oddity Software
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To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
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To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
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Ineffectual.
By Noah Webster.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Vain, ineffectual, useless, unprofitable, null, void.
By Thomas Sheridan
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