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Definitions for: Mar
[n] the month following February and preceding April
[v] destroy, as of a limb
[v] make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: deflower, impair, March, mutilate, spoil, vitiate
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
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