Frustrate /(?)/

Frus·trate

Frustrate

a.
  1. Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

Frustrate

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 ?
  2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.