Defeature

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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