Definition of disfigure

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dis·fig·ure    (ds-fgyr) KEY 

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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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer : des-, dis- + figure, figure (from Latin figra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
dis·figu·ration or dis·figure·ment(Noun), dis·figur·er(Noun)