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MARRING
MAR
mutilate, mar
(verb) destroy or injure severely; “mutilated bodies”
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
(verb) make imperfect; “nothing marred her beauty”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
marring
present participle of mar: ruining, thwarting, spoiling.
Etymology 2
Noun
marring (plural marrings)
Something that mars or spoils; a blemish.
Anagrams
• armring
Source: Wiktionary
MAR
Mar, n.
Definition: A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] Etym: [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]
1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. Milton.
2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." Shak.
Mar, n.
Definition: A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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