deface
verb (used with object)
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure.
undefaced
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a word derived from
deface.
Example Sentences
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Three days before, its gravelled walks were smooth and clean; flowers were in bloom; birds carolled their songs amid the trees; the monuments were undefaced; the marble slabs pure and white.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin
He often saw her thus afterwards in his dreams, and in his death-agony her image hovered before him again, noble, undefaced, as it was impressed upon his heart at this interview.
From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin
And we who gaze Upon each, rude memorial—letter and date— Still undefaced by storm and length of days, Stand, as beneath the shadow of a fate!
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
The paper left by the dying man had been carefully placed between two small panes of glass, in order to keep it intact and undefaced.
From In the Onyx Lobby by Carolyn Wells
Looking into the depth of the forest as it slopes away on either side, the impression is of a magnificent park, undefaced by what are called improvements.
From Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills by Luella Agnes Owen
