Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.]
 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.”


 marred
      adj 1: having the surface damaged or disfigured [syn: defaced]
      2: blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano
         bench"; "walls marred by graffiti" [syn: scarred]


 marred
      See mar