v. Obs. rare–1. [a. OF. esconfire, pa. pple. esconfit, f. es out of + confire to preserve:—L. conficĕre; cf. discomfit: see AS- pref.2 The aphetic SCOMFIT is usual.] To discomfit, rout.
c. 1450. Lonelich, Grail, xiv. 126. [He] beheeld His meyne as-scomfited in the feld.
