Efface /(?)/

Ef·face

Efface

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Effaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing

  1. 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.
  2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
    Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received.