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effaceable
ef·face E0048000 (ĭ-fās′)v. ef·faced, ef·fac·ing, ef·fac·es v.tr.1. To rub or wipe out; erase: The serial number had been effaced from the stolen product.2. To remove or make indistinct: "Five years' absence had done nothing to efface the people's memory of his firmness" (Alan Moorehead).3. To conduct (oneself) inconspicuously: "When the two women went out together, Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly" (Doris Lessing).4. Medicine To cause to become shorter, softer, and thinner during labor: The cervix was effaced as the contractions continued.v.intr. Medicine To become shorter, softer, and thinner during labor. Used of the cervix.
[Middle English effacen, from French effacer, from Old French esfacier : es-, out (from Latin ex-, ex-) + face, face; see face.]
ef·face′a·ble adj.ef·face′ment n.ef·fac′er n.
ef·fa·cé E5047150 (ĕf′ə-sā′)n. A position in ballet in which the dancer stands at an angle to the audience so that part of the body is hidden from view.
[French, from past participle of effacer, to efface; see efface.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | effaceable - capable of being effaced; "the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation"; "a signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head"erasableeradicable - able to be eradicated or rooted out |
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