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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m["a]rd); p. pr & vb
n. {Marring}.] [OE. marren, merren, AS merran, myrran (in
comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS merrian,
OHG. marrjan merran; cf D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship,
Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend.
Cf {Moor}, v.]
1. To make defective; to do injury to esp. by cutting off or
defacing a part to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs
in their barks. --Shak.
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
--Dryden.
Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed
visage. --Milton.
2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us or it mars us.''
``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.'' --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
marred
adj 1: having the surface damaged or disfigured [syn: {defaced}]
2: blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano
bench"; "walls marred by graffiti" [syn: {scarred}]
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