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FEATURED
featured
(adjective) having facial features as specified; usually used in combination; “a grim-featured man”
featured
(adjective) made a feature or highlight; given prominence; “a featured actor”; “a featured item at the sale”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
featured (comparative more featured, superlative most featured)
displayed with special treatment
(in combination) Having features of a particular kind.
Verb
featured
past participle of feature
Synonyms
• depicted
• displayed
Source: Wiktionary
Fea"tured, a.
1. Shaped; fashioned. How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak.
2. Having features; formed into features. The well-stained canvas or the featured stone. Young.
FEATURE
Fea"ture, n. Etym: [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Facture.]
1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. What needeth it his feature to descrive Chaucer. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Shak.
2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance. It is for homely features to keep home. Milton.
3. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape. And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. Spenser.
4. A form; a shape. [R.] So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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