devenustare

devenustare [CL] , to disfigure, mar. b to portray as ugly. c to disgrace. d (by conf.) to beautify. ~at, deformat, geatolhiwaþ GlH D 353; ut paucorum scelus multitudinis innocentiam ~et Osb. Bawdsey clxxvii; quod debitam mensuram minuit vel excedit ‥ gratiam pulchritudinis ~at Bald. Cant. Tract. 7. 469D; s1450 super muros ejus irreverenter urinam emittendo, decorem domus Domini in quantum potuit ~avit Croyl. Cont. B 527.  b quem [pictorem] ‥ exorabat Morpheus ne personam suam ~aret ad ‥ populi derisum Map NC IV 6 f. 48v.  c faciebant que ‥ personas omnium operis testimonio ~ent J. Sal. Pol. 479D; turpis rei geste narratio ‥ ~are videtur artificem Gir. TH III 25.  d ~are, ornare, comere, vernare, limpidare, deflorare, clarificare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 181; polire, sculpere, celare, pingere, ~are Ib. 474.