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disfeature

disfeature verb: to deprive of features.

Verb

disfeature (third-person singular simple present disfeatures, present participle disfeaturing, simple past and past participle disfeatured)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of features
    • Denuded and disfeatured within, and bristling without with bricklayers' ladders, the place was yet extraordinarily impressive and interesting1884, Henry James, A Little Tour in France
  2. (transitive) to spoil the features of.

Forms of disfeature

third-person singular presentdisfeatures
present participledisfeaturing
past participledisfeatured
pastdisfeatured

Origin of disfeature

From dis- + feature. Compare defeature.

Questions about disfeature

What does disfeature mean?
Disfeature means to deprive of features.
What part of speech is disfeature?
Disfeature is a verb.
What is the past tense of disfeature?
The past tense of disfeature is disfeatured.

Words near disfeature in the dictionary

  1. disfavoured
  2. disfavourer
  3. disfavourers
  4. disfavouring
  5. disfavours
  6. disfeature
  7. disfeatured
  8. disfeaturement
  9. disfeatures
  10. disfeaturing
  11. disfellowship

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