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Defeature
Defeature 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.
Defeatured
Defeatured De*fea"tured (?; 135), p. p. Changed in features; deformed. [R.] Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described. --De Quincey.

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- up defeat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Defeat may refer to: the opposite of victory Debellatio Surrender (military) usually follows a defeat Defeatism...
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- Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ˈɔːldəs/ AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books...
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