(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority. / To render, to offer.

(grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the.

An act or instance of deflating. / (economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest. / (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. / (transitive) To nullify / To prevent (something) from being achieved.

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. / The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.

(law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another. / (law) In criminal proceedings, the accused.

Having distinct limits. / Free from any doubt. / Determined; resolved; decided. / (linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things

(grammar) A word or phrase that designates a specified or identified person or entity. / (obsolete) Anything that is defined or determined.

(number theory) A deficient number.