\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.