FEATURES

Verb

features

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feature

Noun

features

plural of feature

Source: Wiktionary


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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