efface
efface is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Bacon. -- Efface, Deface. To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- cancel
- destroy
- erase
- expunge
- obliterate
- to blot out
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- amnesia
- amnesty
- and
- attention
- avaunt
- away
- back
- behind
- cast
- cause
- come
- consign
- decay
- deliberate
- depart
- departure
- die
- disappear
- disappearance
- disappearing
- discharge
- dissolve
- dissolving
- ear
- eclipse
- ejection
- escape
- evanescence
- evanescent
- evaporate
- exit
- fade
- fail
- failing
- failure
- fall
- forget
- forgetful
- forgetfulness
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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