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defiguring

defiguring is the present participle and gerund of defigure.

Meaning of defigure

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To delineate, to depict.
    • These two stones as they are here defigured.1631, John Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments
  2. (nonstandard) to disfigure

Questions about defiguring

What is defiguring the present participle and gerund of?
Defiguring is the present participle and gerund of defigure.

Words near defiguring in the dictionary

  1. defieth
  2. defiguration
  3. defigure
  4. defigured
  5. defigures
  6. defiguring
  7. defilable
  8. defilade
  9. defiladed
  10. defilades
  11. defilading

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