Effaced

/ɪˈfeɪst/ verb

Definition

Past tense of efface; having erased, removed, or made something disappear, or having made oneself inconspicuous.

Etymology

Regular past tense form of the verb efface, formed by adding -ed.

Kelly Says

A cleverly effaced signature on a document might be impossible to read, but handwriting experts can still recover it—showing that 'erased' doesn't always mean completely gone!

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