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deface
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deface \De*face"\ (d[-e]*f[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defaced (d[-e]*f[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defacing.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See Face, and cf. Efface.]
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To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. ``This high face defaced.''
--Emerson.So by false learning is good sense defaced.
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[Cf. F. d['e]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.]
[Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion.
--Bacon.For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced].
--Spenser.Syn: See Efface.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To damage something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner. 2 To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value. 3 (context heraldry flags English) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Deface is unique in that it is the first American-made film in which the entire narrative takes place in North Korea, with a fully Asian American cast. The film is subtitled in English with the actors speaking Korean with a North Korean dialect.
Deface has played in numerous film festivals and has garnered several awards. In 2007 it won Best Narrative Short at the Austin Film Festival, qualifying the film for Oscar consideration in the category of Best Live Action Short Film of 2008.
Usage examples of "deface".
Shaddai, and the endangering of the utter ruin of the famous town of Mansoul, set thyself to deface, and utterly to spoil, all the remainders of the law and image of Shaddai that have been found in Mansoul after her deep apostasy from her king to Diabolus, the envious tyrant.
Asherah held up her torch well away from the figures on the walls lest its smoke and grime deface them.
By the aid of a friend, I also present some poems complete and correct which hitherto have been defaced by various mistakes and omissions.
Similar diamonds defaced the shutters, the shop front, and the swan-shaped sign that hung above the door.
This he basely commanded to be defaced, and it was as basely done by the hand of Mr.
No-Truth, the image of Shaddai was defaced, he likewise gave order that the same Mr.
In her own, she touched a broken sword with a defaced hilt emblem, a ring, and something warm, but bypassed them all for things more suited to their present need.
But now it looked as if it had been deliberately defaced and despoiled.
They came into that part of the temple where there was a stone much hacked and defaced with scorching, a central altar once, Ray believed.
But as it happens, it was not I who defaced the picture, but another passenger, apparently with insufficient grasp of the basic importance of official papers.
He has defaced or destroyed over a dozen statues, broken fifteen stained glass windows depicting her image, and ruined over half a million dollars in church property.
For some minutes the invaders busied themselves slashing, defacing and defiling queenly visages.
As he swung like a pendulum, Aliid struck with his sharp rock hammer, chipping off colorful tiles, defacing the image.
The other slave boys did their own damage to the spectacle of Poritrin, as if by defacing the artwork they could rewrite history.
Later, armed with paintbrush and scrubbing tools, she went about defacing all the pentacles from the mansion.