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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deface \deface"\ d-ef=as", v. t. imp. p. p. defaced
d-ef=ast"; 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. "this high face defaced." --emerson.
1913 webster
so by false learning is good sense defaced. --pope.
1913 webster
2. cf. f. d'efaire. to destroy; to make null. obs.
1913 webster
profane scoffing doth . . . deface the reverence
of religion. --bacon.
1913 webster
for all his power was utterly defaste defaced.
--spenser.
syn: see efface.
1913 webster
see also:
defaced defacing face efface
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
defaced \defaced\ adj.
having the external appearance impaired, usually
deliberately.
syn: marred.
wordnet 1.5
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
defaced
adj : having the surface damaged or disfigured syn: marred
see also:
marred
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