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de·face (d

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tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es

1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure.

2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.

3. Obsolete To obliterate; destroy.

[Middle English defacen, from Old French desfacier : des-, de- + face, face; see face.]

de·facea·ble adj.

de·facement n.

de·facer n.

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