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Definitions for: Disfigure [v] mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.
--Milton.
Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
Dis*fig"ure, n.
Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Synonyms: blemish, deface
See Also: deflower, impair, mangle, mar, mark, maul, pit, pock, scar, spoil, vitiate
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