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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Deface \De*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defacing}.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See {Face}, and cf. {Efface}.] 1. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. [bd]This high face defaced.[b8] --Emerson. So by false learning is good sense defaced. --Pope. 2. [Cf. F. d[82]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.] [Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion. --Bacon. For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. --Spenser. Syn: See {Efface}. | |
