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  1. defeaturenoun

    defeat, overthrow, ruin

  2. defeaturenoun

    disfigurement, defacing

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Defeaturenoun

    Change of feature; alteration of countenance.

    Etymology: from de and feature.

    Grief hath chang’d me,
    And careful hours, with time’s deformed hand,
    Hath written strange defeatures in my face. William Shakespeare.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Defeaturenoun

    overthrow; defeat

  2. Defeaturenoun

    disfigurement; deformity

  3. Etymology: [OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of defeature in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of defeature in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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