- (v.t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument or the inscription on a coin.
- (v.t.) To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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