[ef.face] vt ef.faced ; ef.fac.ing [ME, fr. MF effacer, fr. OF esfacier, fr. e- + face face] (15c) 1: to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface "coins with dates effaced by wear"; also: to cause to vanish "regrowth has effaced the worst scars from the fire"
2: to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous -- ef.face.able adj -- ef.face.ment n -- ef.fac.er n