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▪ I. † deˈfeit, deˈfet, a. Obs.
Also 5 defect, deffait.
[a. OF. defeit, desfeit, -fait, pa. pple. of desfaire, défaire to undo: see defeat v.]
Marred, disfigured.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 618 To ben defet [v.r. defect] and pale, and woxen lesse. Ibid. v. 1219 He so defet [v.r. disfigured] was, þat no maner man Vnneþe myght hym knowe þer he wente. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour xcii. 121 Hadde her uisage deffait in such wise that she was unknowe to eueri creatoure. a1605Montgomerie The Elegie 56 It weeping said:—‘O deidly corps, defet!’
▪ II. defeit, defeiture
obs. ff. defeat, -ure. |