Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to efface
Participle: effaced
Gerund: effacing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | efface |
| you | efface |
| he;she;it | effaces |
| we | efface |
| you | efface |
| they | efface |
Perfect
| I | have effaced |
| you | have effaced |
| he;she;it | has effaced |
| we | have effaced |
| you | have effaced |
| they | have effaced |
Past
| I | effaced |
| you | effaced |
| he;she;it | effaced |
| we | effaced |
| you | effaced |
| they | effaced |
Pluperfect
| I | had effaced |
| you | had effaced |
| he;she;it | had effaced |
| we | had effaced |
| you | had effaced |
| they | had effaced |
Future
| I | will efface |
| you | will efface |
| he;she;it | will efface |
| we | will efface |
| you | will efface |
| they | will efface |
Future Perfect
| I | will have effaced |
| you | will have effaced |
| he;she;it | will have effaced |
| we | will have effaced |
| you | will have effaced |
| they | will have effaced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | efface |
| you | efface |
| he;she;it | efface |
| we | efface |
| you | efface |
| they | efface |
Perfect
| I | have effaced |
| you | have effaced |
| he;she;it | have effaced |
| we | have effaced |
| you | have effaced |
| they | have effaced |
Imperfect
| I | effaced |
| you | effaced |
| he;she;it | effaced |
| we | effaced |
| you | effaced |
| they | effaced |
Pluperfect
| I | had effaced |
| you | had effaced |
| he;she;it | had effaced |
| we | had effaced |
| you | had effaced |
| they | had effaced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would efface |
| you | would efface |
| he;she;it | would efface |
| we | would efface |
| you | would efface |
| they | would efface |
Perfect
| I | would have effaced |
| you | would have effaced |
| he;she;it | would have effaced |
| we | would have effaced |
| you | would have effaced |
| they | would have effaced |
Imperative
| you | efface |
| we | Let's efface |
| you | efface |
Verbs conjugated like 'efface'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'efface'
enface,
deface,
effect,
efflate,
efforce,
effume,
effuse,
embace,
enfame,
enlace,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French effacer (“erase”), from Old French esfacier (“remove the face”).Verbs referencing "efface"
Ido efacar.
Sample Sentences
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Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard.
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An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting. [1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A.L. Burt Company (1832?), 15]
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Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.
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The bright records of the last hour effaced all the darker traces left by long and weary days. [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 254:]
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Many people seem shy, but they really just efface for meekness.
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Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnancy.