disfigure

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These young and handsome men had seemed to grow Deformed and hideous—so doth foul black heart Disfigure man, till beauty all depart.

From Poems by Hugo, Victor

Deface, Disfigure "The walls of many public buildings are defaced by persons who desire that their names shall remain when they are gone."

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

Disfigure, dis-fig′ūr, v.t. to spoil the figure of: to change to a worse form: to spoil the beauty of: to deform.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Disfigure applies more generally to persons; deface, to things.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

Disfigure several of our rivers, and are not only a source of danger to navigation, but are liable to cause deposits which may hereafter render dredging necessary.

From Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 by Australia. Queensland. Department of Ports and Harbours