DISFIGURING

Verb

disfiguring

present participle of disfigure

Source: Wiktionary


DISFIGURE

Dis*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] Etym: [OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]

Definition: 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.

Dis*fig"ure, n.

Definition: Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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