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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Efface \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: efface v 1: wipe out or make dim; "efface a memory" [syn: {obliterate}, {wipe}] 2: make inconspicuous: "efface onself" 3: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: {erase}, {rub out}, {score out}, {wipe off}]
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