efface
verb (used with object)
to wipe out; do away with; expunge.
has effaced
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present perfectof efface (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Possibly there has never been a King in all history that has effaced himself so completely as has King Vittorio.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has effaced from the walls Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity; and he is right.
From Napoleon the Little by Victor Hugo
That is a charge that can be best examined before time has effaced the evidence.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce
I wonder if old Father Time has effaced all the names yet?
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny
I shall be happy when I hear that he has effaced his fault; but I wish for nothing more, I desire nothing more, even if my soul had to suffer yet.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
