Efface - a podcast by Word of the Day

Efface is a verb that means erase from a surface.

Our word of the day comes from Latin and took a slight detour through French with the word effacer (EF ah say). It came be used literally or metaphorically. An example of its metaphorical use is: I hope my good deeds done at the shelter can efface the mistakes I made. I really regret those years of shoplifting candy bars.

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