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Deface Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deface? [v] deface a building facade, for example [v] mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deface: blemish \| disfigure Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deface: batter \| blemish \| blot \| check \| cicatrize \| contort \| crack \| craze \| damage \| deform \| demolish \| destroy \| dilapidate \| disfigure \| disproportion \| distort \| dysphemize \| flaw \| harm \| impair \| injure \| kink \| look a fright \| look a mess \| look bad \| look like hell \| look something terrible \| mangle \| mar \| misshape \| mutilate \| offend \| offend the eye \| ruin \| scab \| scar \| scarify \| split \| spoil \| truncate \| twist \| uglify \| warp \| wreck See Also \| cut up \| deflower \| impair \| mangle \| mangle \| mar \| mark \| maul \| mutilate \| pit \| pock \| scar \| spoil \| vitiate Deface In Webster's Dictionary \De*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defacing}.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See {Face}, and cf. {Efface}.] 1. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. ``This high face defaced.'' --Emerson. So by false learning is good sense defaced. --Pope. 2. [Cf. F. d['e]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.] [Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion. --Bacon. For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. --Spenser. Syn: See {Efface}.

Deface Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deface?

[v] deface a building facade, for example
[v] mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deface: blemish | disfigure

Deface In Webster's Dictionary

\De*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defaced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Defacing}.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF.
desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See {Face}, and cf.
{Efface}.]
1. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to
   disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or
   obliterating important features or portions of; as, to
   deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface
   writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a
   record. ``This high face defaced.'' --Emerson.

         So by false learning is good sense defaced. --Pope.

2. [Cf. F. d['e]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.]

         [Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence
         of religion.                          --Bacon.

         For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced].
                                               --Spenser.

Syn: See {Efface}.

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