Disfiguring

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Disfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF.
     desfigurer, F. d['e]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.
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           Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
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