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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disfigurat(e, -ait, a. [ME. disfigurat (Chaucer), L. disfigūrātus.] Disfigured, deformed. a1500 Henr. Fab. 968.
Defylit for ay is … the fauour of thy face, For thy defence is foull and disfigurate 15.. Clar. iii. 2248.
This Lord beheld his sone, … and was amervellit for to se Him disfigurat in so low degrie 1560 Rolland Seven S. 5893.
[He] Intill his face was sa disfigurait … that euerie kinde of stait Abhorit sa his vgsum foull visage 1570 Sat. P. x. 16.
Ane woundit man, … Deid eyit, dram lyke, disfigurat was he c1590 Fowler I. 276/53.
Thy creature behold disfigurat quyte
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