Definition of efface

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Efface (v. t.) To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away..

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Effaceable :: Effaceable (a.) Capable of being effaced.
Unpaint :: Unpaint (v. t.) To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting..
Rasure :: Rasure (v.) A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure..
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of..
Ineffaceably :: Ineffaceably (adv.) So as not to be effaceable.
Efface :: Efface (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..
Indelible :: Indelible (a.) That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory..
Erase :: Erase (v. t.) To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name..
Inburnt :: Inburnt (a.) Burnt in; ineffaceable.
Ineffaceable :: Ineffaceable (a.) Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
Dislimn :: Dislimn (v. t.) To efface, as a picture..
Hiatus :: Hiatus (n.) An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break..
Effaced :: Effaced (imp. & p. p.) of Effac.
Raze :: Raze (v. t.) To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
Effacement :: Effacement (n.) The act if effacing; also, the result of the act..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out..
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses..
Razure :: Razure (n.) The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure..
Erased :: Erased (p. pr. & a.) Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.
Expunge :: Expunge (v. t.) To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences..
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