efface
verb (used with object)
to wipe out; do away with; expunge.
had effaced
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past perfectof efface.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Peter had gone to his room early, and the children had effaced themselves: Susy was with them.
From In The Valley Of The Shadow by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
I guessed indeed that time, and his misfortunes, And your returning duty, had effaced The memory of past wrongs; they would in me, 336 And I judged you as tame, and as forgiving.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Sir Walter Scott
And then, last of all, he had effaced himself rather than accept pity or favours.
From A Soldier of the Legion by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
I had been an angel of delicacy—I had effaced myself like a saint.
From The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James
The three years which followed had effaced that wrinkle and veiled the others in a tardy bloom of well-being.
From The Fruit of the Tree by Alonzo Kimball
