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[ˈdiːfɛkt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack
(e.g: genetic defects)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a noun, influenced by Old French defect ‘deficiency’): from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere ‘desert or fail’, from de- (expressing reversal) + facere ‘do’
[dɪˈfɛkt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- abandon one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one
(e.g: he defected to the Soviet Union after the war)
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Origin
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late 16th century: from Latin defect- ‘failed’, from the verb deficere (see defect)
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