efface

1. v. t. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin. Source: opted

2. v. t. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. Source: opted

3. v. remove completely from recognition or memory Source: wordnet

4. v. make inconspicuous Source: wordnet

5. v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing Source: wordnet

6. 1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin. 2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Bacon. Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- Efface, Deface. To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible. Source: webster

7. v:100 v. make inconspicuous Source: ecdict

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