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# disfigure

«disfigure» in Mova's school dictionary: **to spoil the way a person or thing looks, so that it is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (disfigures, disfigured, disfiguring)

### meaning for a pupil

To disfigure is to spoil the way a person or thing looks, so that it is ugly or damaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a wicked character or a curse disfigures a face or body; in the lessons it can describe a damaged object or building.

### examples

- The scar disfigured his face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x1)
- A curse disfigured the old witch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x2)
- Graffiti disfigured the wall of the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x3)
- The fire disfigured the old church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.766/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disfigure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.