efface
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Say, when beneath your rubbish has been thrown, Some rogue to reputation all unknown— Men's backs being turned—should lift his thieving hand, Efface your name and substitute his own.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose
Efface desire as regards the vehicles that clothe the Self, but do not efface love as regards the Self, that never-dying force which draws Self to Self.
From An Introduction to Yoga by Besant, Annie Wood
"Efface the letter; wherefore keep An image which the sands forego?"
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
Efface, ef-fās′, v.t. to destroy the surface of a thing: to rub out: to obliterate, wear away.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Efface that," said Napoleon, sternly, "it is as clear as that the sun is in heaven.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
Vocabulary lists containing efface
100 SAT Words Beginning with "E"
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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