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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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