'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]