DISFIGURE

disfigure. disfigure, bring out of shape,

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disfigure. Disfigure, v.t. to deform, mangle, maim, deface

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Dis‐fig″ure (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] [[OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; 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. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton. Syn. — To deface; deform; mar; injure.