Associations to the word «Efface»
Noun
- Grief
- Offence
- Manner
- Lesion
- Anguish
- Brow
- Dignity
- Regret
- Suspicion
- Arising
- Spite
- Madame
- Contraction
- Simplicity
- Tear
- Eternity
- Image
- Sin
- Merit
- Soul
- Gloom
- Deed
- Covenant
- Ruin
- Apprehension
- Nationality
- Decay
- Napoleon
- Hatred
- Wit
- Grin
- Perhaps
- Conscience
- Disposition
- Heart
- Mackenzie
- Pardon
- Enthusiasm
- Sympathy
- Civilization
- Nay
- Sign
- Joy
- Personality
- Heaven
- Instinct
- Afterward
- Judgment
- Desire
- Newcomer
- Despair
- Sight
- Ignorance
- Past
- Half
- Nature
- Imagination
- Forever
- Washing
- Conception
- Pleasure
- Mark
- Pillar
Adjective
Wiktionary
EFFACE, verb. (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
EFFACE, verb. (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
EFFACE, verb. (reflexive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
EFFACE, verb. (medicine) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
Dictionary definition
EFFACE, verb. Remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps".
EFFACE, verb. Make inconspicuous; "efface oneself".
EFFACE, verb. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.