defeature

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology 1

defeat +‎ -ure

Noun

defeature

  1. Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

Etymology 2

de- +‎ feature

Verb

defeature (third-person singular simple present defeatures, present participle defeaturing, simple past and past participle defeatured)

  1. (rare) To deform.

Noun

defeature (plural defeatures)

  1. 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.
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