disfigure

(dis fig′yər)

to hurt the appearance or attractiveness of; deform; deface; mar

Origin: ME disfiguren < OFr desfigurer < des-, dis- + figurer < L figurare, to fashion, form < figura, figure

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transitive verb dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing, dis·fig·ures

To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.

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Origin: Middle English disfiguren

Origin: , from Old French desfigurer

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + figure, figure (from Latin figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots)

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