KJV Dictionary Definition: disfiguration

disfiguration

DISFIGURATION, n. See Disfigure.

1. The act of disfiguring, or marring external form.

2. The state of being disfigured; some degree of deformity.

disfigure

DISFIGURE, 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.

disfigured

DISFIGURED, pp. Changed to a worse form; impaired in form or appearance.

disfigurement

DISFIGUREMENT, n. Change of external form to the worse; defacement of beauty.

disfigurer

DISFIGURER, n. One who disfigures.

disfiguring

DISFIGURING, ppr. Injuring the form or shape; impairing the beauty of form.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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