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efface
English
Etymology
From Middle French effacer (“erase”), from Old French esfacier (“remove the face”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fe?s/, /??fe?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Verb
efface (third-person singular simple present effaces, present participle effacing, simple past and past participle effaced)
- (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
- 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A.L. Burt Company (1832?), 15:
- An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting.
- 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A.L. Burt Company (1832?), 15:
- (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
- (reflexive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
- (medicine) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- deface
Anagrams
- Caffee
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.fas/
Noun
efface f (plural effaces)
- (Quebec) eraser
Verb
efface
- first-person singular present indicative of effacer
- third-person singular present indicative of effacer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of effacer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of effacer
- second-person singular imperative of effacer
Further reading
- “efface” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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unpaint
English
Etymology
un- +? paint
Verb
unpaint (third-person singular simple present unpaints, present participle unpainting, simple past and past participle unpainted)
- (transitive) To remove paint from.
- (transitive, figuratively) To efface.
Translations
Anagrams
- Puntian
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