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dis·fea·ture

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–verb (used with object), -tured, -tur·ing.

to mar the features of; disfigure.

[Origin: 1650–60; dis-¹ + feature

]

—Related forms

dis·fea·ture·ment, noun

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dis·fea·ture Audio Help (dĭs-fē'chər) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. dis·fea·tured, dis·fea·tur·ing, dis·fea·tures
To disfigure: a face disfeatured by a deep scar.

dis·fea'ture·ment n.

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Disfeature

De*fea"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature.]

1. Overthrow; defeat. [Obs.] "Nothing but loss in their defeature." --Beau. & Fl.

2. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] "Strange defeatures in my face." --Shak.

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