frustrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frustrate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for frustrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frustrate v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Synonym(s): torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frustrate \Frus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frustrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frustrating}.] 1. 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. Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ? --Milton. 2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frustrate \Frus"trate\, a. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. [bd]Our frustrate search.[b8] --Shak.