disfigure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disfigure	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for disfigure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfigure v mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" Synonym(s): deface, disfigure, blemish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF. desfigurer, F. d[82]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\, n. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.