disfeature

American

[dis-fee-cher] / dɪsˈfi tʃər /

verb (used with object)

disfeatured, disfeaturing

to mar the features of; disfigure.

disfeature British

/ dɪsˈfiːtʃə /

verb

(tr) to mar the features or appearance of; deface

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Other Word Forms

disfeaturement

noun

Etymology

Origin of disfeature

First recorded in 1650–60; dis- ¹ + feature

Example Sentences

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In the open air, clad as when alive, he lay extended in seeming sleep, with no touch of disfeature upon his brow,—as noble an image of reposing strength as ever was seen upon earth.

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

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