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† aˈrase, v. Obs.
Forms: 6 arace, arrace, arrase.
[a. OF. arase-r to raze, level with the ground, demolish, f. phr. à ras, as if ‘mettre à ras de terre,’ f. ras level:—L. rās-us, f. rād-ĕre to shave, scrape smooth. Cf. erase. In form confused with arace.]
To raze, level with the ground, lay low. Also (? erroneously) To erase, obliterate. Hence arasing, arracyng, vbl. n., levelling with the ground, demolition.
1523State Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 46 The goodly valiaunt exployt..at Gedworth, with the arracyng and destruccion of the same. 1530Palsgr. 435/2, I arace, I scrape out a worde or a blotte..Je efface. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 355/2 So that the remembraunce of theire pestylent errours were araced out of englishe mennes heartes. 1553Let. in Harrington's Nugæ Ant. 175 Sickness whearewith your Lordshipp hath oftentimes bene arrased. [1721Bailey, Arace, to deface.] |