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disfigure |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\, n. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfigured}; p. pr & vb n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF. desfigurer, F. d['e]figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr L. figurare, fr figura figure. See {Figure}, and cf {Defiguration}.] To mar the figure of to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own --Milton. Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disfigure v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of "scars defaced her cheeks" [syn: {deface}, {blemish}] 2: spoil the appearance of "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: {distort}] 3: destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" [syn: {mutilate}, {mangle}, {cut up}]
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