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defeature
1
[dih-
fee
-cher]
WORD ORIGIN
noun
Archaic
.
disfigurement
.
Origin of
defeature
1
First recorded in
1580–90;
de-
+
feature
defeature
2
[dih-
fee
-cher]
noun
Obsolete
.
defeat
; ruin.
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Origin of
defeature
2
First recorded in
1580–90;
defeat
+
-ure
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