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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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