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Defect

Defect (defect)
n.(?)
De*fect"
[L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit.]
  1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

    Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. Davies.

  2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.

    Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know,
    Make use of every friend -- and every foe.     Pope.

    Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. Macaulay.

    Syn. -- Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault.

Defect

Defect (defect)
v. i.
De*fect"
  1. To fail; to become deficient.
    [Obs.] "Defected honor." Warner.

Defect

Defect (defect)
v. t.
De*fect"
  1. To injure; to damage.
    "None can my life defect." [R.] Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).












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