Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - efface
Efface
efface
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)
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transitive verb (~d; effacing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esfacer, ~r, from e+ face face Date: 15th century to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface , to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous, ~able adjective ~ment noun ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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