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de⋅face

[di-feys]
–verb (used with object), -faced, -fac⋅ing.
1. to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
2. to efface, obliterate, or injure the surface of, as to make illegible or invalid: to deface a bond.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME defacen < OF desfacier, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + facier (face face + -ier inf. suffix)


de⋅face⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅face⋅ment, noun
de⋅fac⋅er, noun


1. spoil. See mar.
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deface 
c.1325, from O.Fr. defacier, from des- "away from" + face "face."
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Main Entry: de·face
Pronunciation: di-'fAs
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: de·faced; de·fac·ing
: to destroy or mar the face or surface of —de·face·ment nounde·fac·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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