efface

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Synonyms: enface

Antonyms: enface

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[erase]] (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render [[illegible]] or [[indiscernible]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to [[disappear]] as if by [[rub out|rubbing out]] or [[strike out|striking out]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make oneself [[inobtrusive]] as if due to [[modesty]] or [[diffidence]].
4. {{lb|en|medicine|intransitive}} Of the [[cervix]] during [[pregnancy]], to [[thin]] and [[stretch]] in preparation for [[labor]].
5. {{lb|en|medicine|intransitive}} Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.

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