Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Checkmate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
checkmate
n 1: complete victory
2: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
attack on the opponent's king [syn: {mate}]
v : place an opponent's king under an attack from which it
cannot escape and thus ending the game; in a game of
chess; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few
moves" [syn: {mate}]
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