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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'defect' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for 'defect' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Defect \De*fect"\, n. [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}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Defect \De*fect"\, v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] [bd]Defected honor.[b8] --Warner. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Defect \De*fect"\, v. t. To injure; to damage. [bd]None can my life defect.[b8] [R.] --Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639). | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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defect {bug} | |
