'Marring' definitions:
Definition of 'Marring'
From: GCIDE
- Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]
- 1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. [1913 Webster]
- I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Marring'
- Mar,
- Marly,
- Marred,
- Mars,
- Bow Mar,
- Crocus of Mars,
- Del Mar,
- Le Mars,
- Mar, NC,
- Mars Hill,
- Mars Hill, ME,
- Mars brown,
- Mars, PA,
- San Mar,
- Terra Mar,
- Vitriol of Mars,
- defaced marred,
- Boca Del Mar,
- Bow Mar, CO,
- Del Mar Heights,
- Del Mar, CA,
- Le Mars, IA,
- Mar-Mac,
- Mars Hill, NC,
- Rio del Mar,
- San Mar, MD,
- Terra Mar, FL,
- mar-text,
- vina del mar,
- Boca Del Mar, FL,
- Chasse-mar'ee,
- Del Mar Heights, TX,
- Mar-Mac, NC,
- Mars Hill-Blaine,
- Mars Hill-Blaine, ME,
- Rio del Mar, CA