efface

(ĭ-fās')
tr.v., -faced, -fac·ing, -fac·es.

1. To rub or wipe out; erase.
2. To make indistinct as if by rubbing: "Five years' absence had done nothing to efface the people's memory of his firmness" (Alan Moorehead). See synonyms at erase.
3. To conduct (oneself) inconspicuously: "When the two women went out together, Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly" (Doris Lessing).

[Middle English effacen, from French effacer, from Old French esfacier : es-, out (from Latin ex-, ex-) + face, face; see face.]

effaceable ef·face'a·ble adj.
effacement ef·face'ment n.
effacer ef·fac'er n.

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verb

To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law vacate. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: erase
Antonyms: preserve

effacé (Fr., obscured). A position in ballet where the body is at an oblique angle to the audience and thus only partly seen.

IN BRIEF: To make unclear, as by rubbing out; to obliterate.

The hand of the parent writes on the heart of the child the first faint characters which time deepens into strength so that nothing can efface them. — R. Hill.

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The obliteration of form or features; applied to the cervix uteri during labor when it is so changed that only the ostium uteri remains.

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• Ballet - effacé: position with torso and hips at oblique angle to audience, working leg extended to front or back, and opposite arm raised above head

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udviske, udslette, få til at gå i glemmebogen

idioms:

• efface oneself    være selvudslettende

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitwissen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) effacer, oblitérer

idioms:

• efface oneself    s'effacer

Deutsch (German)
v. - auslöschen

idioms:

• efface oneself    sich im Hintergrund halten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξαλείφω, απαλείφω, διαγράφω, σβήνω

idioms:

• efface oneself    φροντίζω να περνώ απαρατήρητος

Italiano (Italian)
cancellare

idioms:

• efface oneself    mettersi in disparte

Português (Portuguese)
v. - apagar, destruir

idioms:

• efface oneself    ocultar-se

Русский (Russian)
стирать, вычеркивать

idioms:

• efface oneself    держаться в тени

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - borrar, eclipsar, tachar, destruir

idioms:

• efface oneself    pasar desapercibido, ponerse de lado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utplåna, sudda ut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抹去, 忘却, 消除

idioms:

• efface oneself    埋没自己, 不露面

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 抹去, 忘卻, 消除

idioms:

• efface oneself    埋沒自己, 不露面

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 지우다, 눈에 잘 띄지 않게 하다

idioms:

• efface oneself    자기 자신을 매장하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - こすって消す, ぬぐい去る

idioms:

• efface oneself    目立たないようにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطمس, يمحو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מחק, מחה‬

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