Defeature

//dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Defeat, overthrow, ruin.

    "This mischiefe framd, for their first loves defeature"

  2. 2
    Disfigurement, defacement, deformation.

    "What ruins are in me that can be found, / By him not ruin'd? then is he the ground / of my defeatures."

Verb
  1. 1
    To deform. rare

Example

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"This mischiefe framd, for their first loves defeature"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From defeat + -ure.

Etymology 2

From de- + feature.

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