efface
verb /ɪˈfeɪs/
/ɪˈfeɪs/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they efface | /ɪˈfeɪs/ /ɪˈfeɪs/ |
| he / she / it effaces | /ɪˈfeɪsɪz/ /ɪˈfeɪsɪz/ |
| past simple effaced | /ɪˈfeɪst/ /ɪˈfeɪst/ |
| past participle effaced | /ɪˈfeɪst/ /ɪˈfeɪst/ |
| -ing form effacing | /ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/ /ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/ |
- efface something to make something disappear; to remove something
- efface yourself to not attract attention to yourself; to make yourself seem unimportant
- In his art he effaces himself almost completely.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘pardon or be absolved from (an offence)’): from French effacer, from e- (from Latin ex- ‘away from’) + face ‘face’.