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defeature

1 American  
[dih-fee-cher] / dɪˈfi tʃər /

noun

Archaic.

  1. disfigurement.

defeature 2 American  
[dih-fee-cher] / dɪˈfi tʃər /

noun

Obsolete.

  1. defeat; ruin.

Etymology

Origin of defeature1

First recorded in 1580–90; de- + feature

Origin of defeature2

First recorded in 1580–90; defeat + -ure

Example Sentences

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A spotless leaf but thought, and care— And friends, and foes, in foul or fair, Have "written strange defeature" there.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number by Various

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