A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

efface Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with E » edible ... effetely » efface


efface
verb effaced, effacing
    1. To rub or wipe out something.
      Thesaurus: erase, cross out, rub out, delete, expunge.
    2. To block out (a memory, etc).
      Thesaurus: erase, eradicate, obliterate, remove, eliminate, expunge, raze, extirpate.
    3. To avoid drawing attention to (oneself). See also self-effacing.
    4. To surpass or outshine something.
Derivative: effaceable
adj
    Derivative: effacement
    noun
      Derivative: effacer
      noun
        Etymology: 15c: from French effacer, from Latin ex out + facies face.



        Click Here