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effaceef‧face /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb [transitive] formal effaceOrigin: 1400-1500 French effacer, from face ‘face, appearance’ VERB TABLEefface |
Present | I, you, we, they | efface | | he, she, it | effaces | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | effaced | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have effaced | | he, she, it | has effaced | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had effaced | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will efface | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have effaced |
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Present | I | am effacing | | he, she, it | is effacing | | you, we, they | are effacing | Past | I, he, she, it | was effacing | | you, we, they | were effacing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been effacing | | he, she, it | has been effacing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been effacing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be effacing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been effacing |
- Carbon dioxide and moisture threaten to efface the Lascaux cave drawings.
- Communist historians tried to efface whole segments of their nation's past.
- Afraid not only of assault but afraid that hidden away I would be effaced, forgotten.
- Blemishes like these upon the work of the profession obscure but do not efface the public services it renders.
- It also reconciles two economic and social experiences, effacing class through images and illusions.
- Or, in terms of the concerns of this article, the gay writer had been effaced, leaving a blemish-free heterosexual text.
1to destroy or remove something SYN erase → deface: Nothing can efface the last picture I have of them from my mind.2efface yourself to behave in a quiet way so that people do not notice or look at you → self-effacing |