De·fea'ture noun [ Old French desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat , and confer Disfeature .] 1. Overthrow; defeat. [ Obsolete] 'Nothing but loss in their defeature .' Beau. & Fl. 2. Disfigurement; deformity. [ Obsolete] ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/22