'Defaced' definitions:
Definition of 'Defaced'
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]
Definition of 'defaced'
From: GCIDE
- defaced \defaced\ adj. having the external appearance impaired, usually deliberately.
- Syn: marred. [WordNet 1.5]