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DEFEATURED
Etymology
Adjective
defeatured (comparative more defeatured, superlative most defeatured)
Changed in features; deformed.
Verb
defeatured
past participle of defeature
Source: Wiktionary
De*fea"tured, p. p.
Definition: Changed in features; deformed. [R.] Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described. De Quincey.
DEFEATURE
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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