About The Word Efface
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Efface
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What's The Definition Of Efface?
[v] remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
[v] remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [v] make inconspicuous; "efface onself" Synonyms | Synonyms for Efface: erase | obliterate | rub out | score out | wipe off | wipe out Related Terms | Find terms related to Efface: annul | black out | blot | blot out | cancel | cross out | dele | delete | eliminate | eradicate | erase | exclude | expunge | extirpate | obliterate | raze | rub out | rule out | scratch | scratch out | sponge | sponge out | strike out | wipe out See Also | blur | cancel | cut out | delete | dim | humble | rub | scratch out | slur | sponge Efface In Webster's Dictionary \Ef*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effaced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Effacing}.] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face;
prop., to destroy the face or form. See {Face}, and cf.
{Deface}.]
1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed
upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to
erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface
the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
Efface from his mind the theories and notions
vulgarly received. --Bacon.
Syn: To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel;
destroy. -- {Efface}, {Deface}. To deface is to injure
or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy,
so as to render invisible.
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