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Synonyms
ef·face (ĭ-fāś)

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

transitive verb: -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)

derivatives

ef·facéa·ble
adjective
ef·facément
noun
ef·faćer
noun