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Definition of Disfigure
1. Verb. Mar or spoil the appearance of. "The vandals disfigured the statue"
Generic synonyms: Deflower, Impair, Mar, Spoil, Vitiate
Specialized synonyms: Mangle, Maul, Mark, Pit, Pock, Scar
Derivative terms: Blemish, Defacement, Disfiguration, Disfigurement, Disfigurement
Definition of Disfigure
1. v. t. To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
2. n. Disfigurement; deformity.
Definition of Disfigure
1. Verb. Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disfigure
1. [v -URED, -URING, -URES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfigure
Literary usage of Disfigure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1915)
"... and with intent to maim or disfigure; and if so, the offense is complete.6
Accordingly, under a statute making it a crime to disfigure another by means ..."
2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn, John Burn (1793)
"Accordingly the jury found them guilty of fuch previous intent to disfigure, in
order to effect their principal intent to murder. ..."
3. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1841)
"... of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear
unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1857)
"In these churches the old benches are often met with, much more ancient than the
pews which disfigure the upper portions of them; and it is evident that the ..."
5. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"Assaults, malicious shooting, and stabbing with intent to maim, disable, disfigure,
or kill, are statutory offenses certain to ..."
6. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"... and inartificial roofs either disfigure the architecture moft unmercifully,
or are concealed by the ..."
7. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to carving at the table: cut; spec, (all obs. or rare) mince, lift,
flush, display, disfigure, ..."
8. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"E. maul, to disfigure by ill-treatment, is an expression of precisely the same
meaning, from G. mahl, Sc. mail, E. mole, a spot; Sc. mail, to discolour, ..."
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