disfigure

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

mar or spoil the appearance of“scars defaced her cheeks”“The vandals disfigured the statue”Synonyms: deface blemish

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. --Milton.

Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure. [1913 Webster]

Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\, n. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]