efface

efface
a) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

Do not efface what Ive written on the chalkboard.

b) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.

Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.


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  • effacé — effacé, ée [ efase ] adj. • XVIe; de effacer 1 ♦ Qui a peu d éclat, qui a passé. Couleurs, teintes effacées. 2 ♦ (XVIIe) Qui paraît en retrait, n est pas saillant. « Des poitrines effacées, des têtes allongées, des fronts proéminents » (Taine). 3 …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • effacé — effacé, ée (è fa sé, sée) part. passé. 1°   Qu on a fait disparaître par le frottement ou en biffant. Une écriture effacée. Un tableau effacé.    Médaille effacée, médaille dont l empreinte a disparu.    Par extension. Couleur effacée, couleur… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • efface — ► VERB 1) erase (a mark) from a surface. 2) (efface oneself) make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous. DERIVATIVES effacement noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «pardon or be absolved from (an offence)»: from French effacer, from face …   English terms dictionary

  • efface — index annul, deface, delete, dissolve (terminate), eliminate (eradicate), eradicate, expunge …   Law dictionary

  • efface — (v.) late 15c., from M.Fr. effacer, from O.Fr. esfacier (12c.) to wipe out, destroy, lit. to remove the face, from es out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + face appearance, from L. facies face (see FACE (Cf. face) (n.)). Re …   Etymology dictionary

  • efface — obliterate, *erase, expunge, blot out, delete, cancel Analogous words: remove, *move, shift: eradicate, extirpate, wipe (see EXTERMINATE): eliminate, *exclude, rule out …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • efface — [v] erase blot out, blue pencil, cancel, cross out, delete, destroy, edit, eliminate, expunge, fade, obliterate, rub out, scratch out, white out, wipe out; concepts 211,215 …   New thesaurus

  • effacé — Effacé, [effac]ée. part. pass …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • efface — [ə fās′, ifās′] vt. effaced, effacing [Fr effacer < e (see EF ) + face: see FACE] 1. to rub out, as from a surface; erase; wipe out; obliterate [time effaced the memory] 2. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) from notice SYN.… …   English World dictionary

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