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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Worst \Worst\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Worsted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worsting}.] [See {Worse}, verb (used with an object) & a.] To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark. --South.
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