Definition for DIS-FIG'URE

DIS-FIG'URE, v.t. [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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