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Webster 1913 Edition
Defeature
De-fea′ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
1.
Overthrow; defeat.
[Obs.]
“Nothing but loss in their defeature.” Beau. & Fl.
2.
Disfigurement; deformity.
[Obs.]
“Strange defeatures in my face.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Defeature
DEFEATURE
,Noun.
1.
Change of feature.2.
Overthrow; defeat.Definition 2024
defeature
defeature
English
Noun
defeature
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.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act ii, scene 1
- What ruins are in me that can be found, / By him not ruin'd? then is he the ground / of my defeatures.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act ii, scene 1