Disfigure
(Dis*fig"ure) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] [OF. desfigurer,
F. défigurer; 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.
Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.
Milton. Syn. — To deface; deform; mar; injure.
Disfigure
(Dis*fig"ure), n. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Disfigurement
(Dis*fig"ure*ment) n.
1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton.
2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.
Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse.
Hume. Disfigurer
(Dis*fig"ur*er) n. One who disfigures.
Disflesh
(Dis*flesh") v. t. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton.
Disforest
(Dis*for"est) v. t.
1. To disafforest. Fuller.
2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.
Disforestation
(Dis*for`es*ta"tion) n. The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.
Disformity
(Dis*form"i*ty) n. [Cf. Deformity.] Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.
Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies.
S. Clarke. Disfranchise
(Dis*fran"chise) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfranchised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising.] [Cf.
Diffranchise.] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a
particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.
Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised.
Fabyan
He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs.
Thirlwall. Disfranchisement
(Dis*fran"chise*ment) n. The act of disfranchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation
of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony.
Palfrey.
Disfriar
(Dis*fri"ar) v. t. To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.]
Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves.
Fuller. Disfrock
(Dis*frock") v. t. To unfrock.
