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Mar Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mar? [n] the month following February and preceding April [v] destroy, as of a limb [v] make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mar: deflower \| impair \| March \| mutilate \| spoil \| vitiate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mar: be all thumbs \| blemish \| blight \| blot \| blunder \| blunder away \| blunder into \| blunder on \| blunder upon \| boggle \| botch \| bruise \| bumble \| bungle \| butcher \| check \| cicatrize \| commit a gaffe \| crack \| craze \| damage \| deface \| deform \| destroy \| disfigure \| disproportion \| distort \| dysphemize \| faux pas \| flaw \| flounder \| fumble \| harm \| hurt \| impair \| kink \| look a fright \| look a mess \| look bad \| look like hell \| look something terrible \| lumber \| miscue \| misshape \| muddle \| muff \| murder \| mutilate \| offend \| offend the eye \| play havoc with \| prejudice \| ruin \| scab \| scar \| scarify \| scratch \| slip \| split \| spoil \| stain \| stumble \| taint \| tarnish \| trip \| truncate \| twist \| uglify \| vitiate \| warp \| wreck See Also \| Annunciation \| Annunciation Day \| blemish \| cloud \| corrupt \| damage \| deface \| defile \| disfigure \| force out \| gouge \| Gregorian calendar \| Gregorian calendar month \| Lady Day \| maim \| March 19 \| March 2 \| March 25 \| mid-March \| New Style \| Saint Joseph \| spring \| springtime \| St Joseph \| sully \| taint \| Texas Independence Day Mar In Webster's Dictionary \Mar\, n. A small lake. See {Mere}. [Prov. Eng.] \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m["a]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. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. --Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. --Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton. 2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us, or it mars us.'' ``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.'' --Shak. \Mar\, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.

Mar Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mar?

[n] the month following February and preceding April
[v] destroy, as of a limb
[v] make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

Mar In Webster's Dictionary

\Mar\, n.
A small lake. See {Mere}. [Prov. Eng.]


\Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m["a]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.

         I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs
         in their barks.                       --Shak.

         But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
                                               --Dryden.

         Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed
         visage.                               --Milton.

2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us, or it mars us.''
   ``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.'' --Shak.


\Mar\, n.
A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like;
a disfigurement.

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