defigure

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UK/dɪˈfɪɡə(ɹ)/

verb

To delineate, to depict.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbdefigure (third-person singular simple present defigures, present participle defiguring, simple past and past participle defigured)

present singular third person defigures · participle present defiguring · participle past defigured · past defigured

  1. obsoleteTo delineate, to depict.

    These two stones as they are here defigured.

    1631, John Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments
  2. nonstandardto disfigure

Origin

From de- + figure.

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APA

defigure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defigure

MLA

“defigure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defigure. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defigure,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defigure.

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