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efface
/ɪˈfeɪs/
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What does efface mean?
verb
- To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
- To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
- To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
More meanings (2)
verb
- Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
- Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪˈfeɪs/
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Why had I permitted the rapid development of new situations to efface the recollection of that menacing danger?
He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope.
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We should efface the trace of this innumerable diversity of opinions; not adorn ourselves with it, and fill posterity with crotchets.
They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.
“Princesse, ma parole, je n’ai pas voulu l’offenser. * I did not mean anything, I was only joking,” he said, smiling shyly and trying to efface his offense.