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effaceefface /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYeffaceOrigin: 1400-1500 French effacer, from face face, appearance VERB TABLEefface |
| Present | I, you, we, they | efface | | he, she, it | effaces | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | effaced | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have effaced | | he, she, it | has effaced | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had effaced | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will efface | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have effaced |
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| Present | I | am effacing | | he, she, it | is effacing | | you, we, they | are effacing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was effacing | | you, we, they | were effacing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been effacing | | he, she, it | has been effacing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been effacing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be effacing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been effacing |
THESAURUSto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore► removeto get rid of something so that it does not exist anymore: What’s the best way to remove red wine stains? The plan will remove unneeded forms and paperwork from the system. ► erase to remove writing from paper, recorded sounds from tape, or information from a computer’s memory: Write in pencil so you can erase your mistakes. ► delete to remove part of something you are writing on a computer: I would delete the whole first paragraph and write a new introduction. ► cut to remove a part from a movie, book, speech, etc.: The scene was cut from the movie. ► expunge formal to deliberately remove something such as a name or piece of information from a piece of writing: The arrest and charge were later expunged from his record. ► efface formal to remove something so that it cannot be seen, noticed, or known about: Hellman had tried to efface his embarrassing personal history. 1formal to destroy or remove something so that it cannot be seen or noticed: Carbon dioxide and moisture threaten to efface the Lascaux cave drawings. Communist historians tried to efface whole segments of their nation’s past.► see thesaurus at remove2efface yourself literary to behave in a way that makes other people not notice you → see also self-effacing |