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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Checkmate \Check"mate\, n. [F. ['e]chec et mat, fr Per. sh[=a]h m[=a]t ceckmate, lit., the king is dead, fr Ar m[=a]ta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See {Chess}.] 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. 2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Checkmate \Check"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkmated}; p. pr & vb n. {Checkmating}.] 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. 2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: checkmate n 1: victory in a game of chess 2: a move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king v : beat in a chess game
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