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Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - checkmate

 
 

Checkmate

checkmate
n. & v. --n. 1 (also as int.) Chess a check from which a king cannot escape. b an announcement of this. 2 a final defeat or deadlock. --v.tr. 1 Chess put into checkmate. 2 defeat; frustrate. Etymology: ME f. OF eschec mat f. Pers. sah mat the king is dead
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  I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English chekmaten, from chekmate, interjection used to announce ~, from Anglo-French eschec mat, from Arabic shāh māt, from Persian, literally, the king is left unable to escape Date: 14th century to arrest, thwart, or counter completely, to check (a chess opponent's king) so that escape is impossible, II. noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of checkmating, the situation of a ~d king, a complete check ...
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