'Erased' definitions:
Definition of 'Erased'
From: GCIDE
- Erase \E*rase"\ ([-e]*r[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased ([-e]*r[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]
- 1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Erased'
From: GCIDE
- Erased \E*rased"\ (r[=a]st"), p. p. & a.
- 1. Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Her.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped. [1913 Webster]