Defeature
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Defeature is a noun meaning Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
Meaning
Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
More Meanings
- Disfigurement, defacement, deformation.
- (rare) To deform.
Example Sentences
This mischiefe framd, for their first loves defeature
What ruins are in me that can be found, / By him not ruin'd? then is he the ground / of my defeatures.
But no discovery was made, for no volley of reproach was uttered, and could they have looked in their mother's face they might have seen that strange defeatures were written there.
Word Forms
- defeatures
- defeaturing
- defeatured
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include defeasance, defeat, undoing, defeater, profligation, decay.
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