DEFEATURE

Etymology 1

Noun

defeature

Defeat, overthrow, ruin.

Etymology 2

Verb

defeature (third-person singular simple present defeatures, present participle defeaturing, simple past and past participle defeatured)

(rare) To deform.

Noun

defeature (plural defeatures)

Disfigurement, defacement, deformation.

Source: Wiktionary


De*fea"ture, n. Etym: [OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature.]

1. Overthrow; defeat. [Obs.] "Nothing but loss in their defeature." Beau. & Fl.

2. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] "Strange defeatures in my face." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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