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

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Disfeature, dis-fē′tūr, v.t. to deprive of a feature: to deface.

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