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Definition of Efface
1. Verb. Remove completely from recognition or memory. "Efface the memory of the time in the camps"
Generic synonyms: Blur, Dim, Slur
Related verbs: Blot Out, Hide, Obliterate, Obscure, Veil
Derivative terms: Obliteration, Obliteration
2. Verb. Make inconspicuous. "Efface oneself"
3. Verb. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
Entails: Rub
Specialized synonyms: Sponge, Cut Out, Scratch Out
Generic synonyms: Cancel, Delete
Derivative terms: Eraser, Erasure, Erasure, Erasure
Definition of Efface
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Efface
1. Verb. (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. ¹
3. Verb. (reflexive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. ¹
4. Verb. (medicine) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Efface
1. to rub or wipe out [v -FACED, -FACING, -FACES]
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