- (v.t.) To injure; to damage.
- (v.i.) To fail; to become deficient.
- (n.) Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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