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▪ I. misˈfigure, n. rare.
[mis-1 4.]
Disfigurement, deformity.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 682 Othir be þe to hafe remede of þis mysfigur, or be dede. 1857Heavysege Saul ii. ii. iv. 149 As a thing which long pressed out of form, Does, after being restored to its true shape..start back All foul and crumpled to its old mis-figure.
▪ II. misˈfigure, v. Now dial.
[mis-1 1; after disfigure (cf. mis-1 9).]
trans. To disfigure; to distort the form of; to disguise.
1648J. Goodwin Right & Might Pref. 1 That men..should be able to misfigure the liberall and ingenuous face of your actions into an absolute deformity. a1677Manton Serm. John xvii. 3 Wks. 1872 X. 149 Some great..governor of the order of the world, whom they mightily transformed and misfigured in their thoughts. 1870E. Peacock Ralf Skirl. III. 99 He may misfigure hissen next time as he likes, I shall knaw him. |