[fea.ture] n [ME feture, fr. MF, fr. L factura act of making, fr. factus, pp. of facere to make--more at do] (14c) 1 a: the structure, form, or appearance esp. of a person b obs: physical beauty
2. a: the makeup or appearance of the face or its parts b: a part of the face: lineament 3 a: a prominent part or characteristic b: any of the properties (as voice or gender) that are characteristic of a grammatical element (as a phoneme or morpheme); esp: one that is distinctive
4: a special attraction: as a: the principal motion picture shown on a program with other pictures b: a featured article, story, or department in a newspaper or magazine c: something offered to the public or advertised as particularly attractive -- fea.ture.less adj
[2]feature vb fea.tured ; fea.tur.ing vt (ca. 1755) 1 chiefly dial: to resemble in features
2: to picture or portray in the mind: imagine 3 a: to give special prominence to b: to have as a characteristic or feature ~ vi: to play an important part