DISFIGURE, verb transitive [dis and figure.] 1. To change to a worse form; to mar external figure; to impair shape or form and render it less perfect and beautiful; as, the loss of a limb disfigures the body. 2. To mar; to impair; to injure beauty, symmetry or excellence.
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