- defeatures
- v. disfigure
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
defeatures
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Defeature — De*fea ture (?; 135), n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
defeature — noun /dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)/ a) defeat, overthrow, ruin What ruins are in me that can be found, / By him not ruind? then is he the ground / of my defeatures. b) disfigurement, defacing … Wiktionary
defeature — I. də̇, dē+ noun ( s) Etymology: in sense 1, probably from de + feature; in sense 2, from defeat (I) + ure 1. archaic … Useful english dictionary
