defigure

verb — 2 senses

defigure

verb

UK /dɪˈfɪɡə(ɹ)/

Etymology From de- + figure.

1

Obsolete To delineate, to depict.

  • These two stones as they are here defigured.1631, John Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments:
2

Nonstandard to disfigure

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