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▪ I. † deˈfigure, v.1 Obs.
[a. OF. defigurer (12th c.), var. of des-, deffigurer, mod.F. défigurer:—late L. and Rom. disfigūrāre to disfigure.]
An early synonym of disfigure.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2340 Horribely defygurd thurgh syn. 14..Eng. Misc. (Warton Club) 24 Thow art defygurt, thi eyne beth depe hollowed.
▪ II. † defigure, v.2 Obs.|dɪˈfɪgjʊə(r)|
[f. de- I. 3 + figure v. (cf. depict, delineate).]
1. trans. To represent by a figure or image; to figure, delineate.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 114/2 To be..defigured or portraitede in woode. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 844 Two stones as they are here defigured.
2. fig. To represent symbolically, symbolize.
1615G. Sandys Trav. ii. 113 By this defigured they the perplexed life of man. |