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Webster 1913 Edition
Disfigure
Dis-fig′ure
(?; 135)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disfigured
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disfiguring
.] [OF.
desfigurer
, F. défigurer
; 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.
Syn. – To deface; deform; mar; injure.
Dis-fig′ure
,Noun.
Disfigurement; deformity.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disfigure
DISFIGURE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To change to a worse form; to mar external figure; to impair shape or form and render it less perfect and beautiful; as, the loss of a limb disfigures the body.2.
To mar; to impair; to injure beauty, symmetry or excellence.Definition 2024
disfigure
disfigure
English
Verb
disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)
- Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
- The burnings disfigured his face.
Translations
change appearance to the negative
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