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Definition of Defeature
1. n. Overthrow; defeat.
Definition of Defeature
1. Noun. defeat, overthrow, ruin ¹
2. Noun. disfigurement, defacing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defeature
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defeature
Literary usage of Defeature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Also defeat : The inequality of our power will yield me Nothing but loss in their
defeature. .... defeature ..."
2. The Plays of Philip Massinger by Philip Massinger (1840)
"To my wish : Have you acquainted her with the defeature* Of the Carthaginians,
and witli what honours ..."
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