'Deface' definitions:
Definition of 'deface'
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Definition of 'Deface'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- So by false learning is good sense defaced. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. F. d['e]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- [Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. --Spenser.
- Syn: See Efface. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deface'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- batter,
- blemish,
- blot,
- check,
- cicatrize,
- contort,
- crack,
- craze,
- damage,
- deform,
- demolish,
- destroy,
- dilapidate,
- disfigure,
- disproportion,
- distort,
- dysphemize,
- flaw,
- harm,
- impair,
- injure,
- kink,
- look a fright,
- look a mess,
- look bad,
- look like hell,
- look something terrible,
- mangle,
- mar,
- misshape,
- mutilate,
- offend,
- offend the eye,
- ruin,
- scab,
- scar,
- scarify,
- split,
- spoil,
- truncate,
- twist,
- uglify,
- warp,
- wreck