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dis⋅fig⋅ure

  [dis-fig-yer; Brit. dis-fig-er]
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–verb (used with object), -ured, -ur⋅ing.
1. to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
2. to mar the effect or excellence of: His reputation was disfigured by instances of political favoritism.
Origin:
1325–75; ME disfiguren < AF, OF desfigurer, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + -figurer, v. deriv. of figure figure

Related forms:
dis⋅fig⋅ur⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. spoil, blemish. See mar.

Antonyms:
1. beautify.
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dis·fig·ure   (dĭs-fĭg'yər)   
tr.v.   dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing, dis·fig·ures
To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.

[Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer : des-, dis- + figure, figure (from Latin figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).]
dis·fig'u·ra'tion, dis·fig'ure·ment n., dis·fig'ur·er n.
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Word Origin & History

disfigure 
c.1370, from O.Fr. desfigurer, from M.L. diffigurare, from L. dis- + figura "figure," from figurare "to figure."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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