Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - efface
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Efface
efface
~ v formal 1 to prevent you from remembering an unpleasant experience (Nothing could efface the indignity of being publicly criticized.) 2 to remove a mark or sign, especially by rubbing it 3 efface yourself to behave in a way that does not make people notice you or look at you (- see also selfeffacing)
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1.
(effaces, effacing, effaced) To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more. (FORMAL) ...an event that has helped efface the country’s traditional image... VERB: V n see also self-effacing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
transitive verb (~d; effacing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esfacer, ~r, from e- + face face Date: 15th century 1. to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface coins with dates ~d by wear; also to cause to vanish daylight ~d the stars 2. to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous • ~able adjective • ~ment noun • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
v. 1 tr. rub or wipe out (a mark etc.). 2 tr. (in abstract senses) obliterate; wipe out (effaced it from his memory). 3 tr. utterly surpass; eclipse (success has effaced all previous attempts). 4 refl. treat or regard oneself as unimportant (self-effacing). Derivatives effacement n. Etymology: F effacer (as EX-(1), FACE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. стирать, изглаживать the image on the coin is effaced —- изображение на монете стерлось the inscription was effaced by the time —- время стерло надпись to efface a word from the blackboard —- стереть слово с классной доски 2. вычеркивать, зачеркивать 3. уничтожать, отменять to efface the boundaries —- уничтожить (стереть) границы 4. предавать забвению to efface a memory of smth —- вычеркнуть (вытравить) что-л из памяти 5. refl стушевываться, держаться в тени ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
v. стирать; вычеркивать; изглаживать - efface oneself Syn: see erase EFFACE oneself стушеваться, держаться в тени ...Англо-русский словарь
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