Definition of "efface"
verb:
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To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
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To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
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To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
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Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
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