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[syn: deface, disfigure, blemish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.
--Milton.
Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\, n.
Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disfigure
v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks";
"The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface,
disfigure, blemish]