† defigurev.1
Obsolete.
An early synonym of disfigure n.
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1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2340 Horribely defygurd thurgh syn.
a1475 Visio Philiberti (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 24 Thow art defygurt, thi eyne beth depe hollowed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† defigurev.2
/dɪˈfɪɡjʊə/ Obsolete.
1. transitive. To represent by a figure or image; to figure, delineate.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)]
workOE
shapea1375
express1382
marka1393
resemblea1393
portraya1398
devisea1400
makea1400
represent?a1425
counterfeitc1440
to set on write1486
porturea1500
emporturea1529
story1532
portrait1548
show1565
decipher1567
portraiture1581
to set forth1585
emblazea1592
stell1598
defigure1599
infigure1606
effigiate1608
deportract1611
deportray1611
rendera1616
image1624
configure1630
exiconize1641
effigies1652
to take off1680
mimic1770
paraphrase1961
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 114/2 To be..defigured or portraitede in woode.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 844 Two stones as they are here defigured.
2. figurative. To represent symbolically, symbolize.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > represent by symbol
symbolize1606
defigure1615
emblematize1830
moral1839
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey ii. 113 By this defigured they the perplexed life of man.
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