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enface, v.|ɛnˈfeɪs|
[f. en-1 + face n., on the analogy of endorse.]
trans. To write, print, or stamp a form of words upon the face of (a bill, etc.). Also to enface (words) upon. Hence enˈfaced ppl. a. Also enˈfacement, what is written or printed upon the face of a bill or note.
1861Times 20 Mar. 6/4 With a memorandum enfaced, as the term was, upon them to the following effect ‘Interest payable in London by draught on Calcutta’. 1869Daily News 14 Dec., ‘Enfaced’ rupee paper, 921/8. 1886Blackw. Mag. Sept. 342/1 Identified by a parcel area and reference number both enfaced on the map itself. 1861Times 20 Mar. 6/4, 6,000,000l. [of these notes] bore the simple enfacement ‘Interest payable in London by draught in Calcutta’. |