efface

ef·face  (-fs)

tr.v. ef·faced, ef·fac·ing, ef·fac·es

1. To rub or wipe out; erase.

2. To make indistinct as if by rubbing: "Five years' absence had done nothing to efface the people's memory of his firmness" Alan Moorehead. See Synonyms at erase.

3. To conduct (oneself) inconspicuously: "When the two women went out together, Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly" Doris Lessing.

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[Middle English effacen, from French effacer, from Old French esfacier : es-, out (from Latin ex-, ex-) + face, face; see face.]

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ef·facea·ble adj.

ef·facement n.

ef·facer n.

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efface

Verb

[-facing, -faced]

1. to obliterate or make dim: nothing effaced the memory

2. to rub out or erase

3. efface oneself to make oneself inconspicuous [French effacer to obliterate the face]

effacement n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	efface - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" obliterate slur, dim, blur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" blot out, obliterate, veil, hide, obscure - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
	2.	efface - make inconspicuous; "efface oneself" humble - cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
	3.	efface - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" rub out, score out, wipe off, erase sponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" scratch out, cut out - strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list"

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efface

verb obliterate, remove, destroy, cancel, wipe out, erase, eradicate, excise, delete, annihilate, raze, blot out, cross out, expunge, rub out, extirpate

Translations

efface [ɪˈfeɪs] vt → borrar

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efface [ɪˈfeɪs] vt → auslöschen;

to efface o.s. → sich im Hintergrund halten