Effaced

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 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.
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     2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
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              Efface from his mind the theories and notions
              vulgarly received.                    --Bacon.
  
     Syn: To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel;
          destroy. -- {Efface}, {Deface}. To deface is to injure
          or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy,
          so as to render invisible.
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