Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns. Ee"ri·ly (?), adv. In a strange, unearthly way. Ee"ri·some (?), a. Causing fear; eerie. [Scot.] Eet (?), obs. imp. of Eat. Chaucer. Ef"fa·ble (?), a. [L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak.] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow. Ef·face" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing (?).] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face, and cf. Deface.] 1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin. 2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- Efface, Deface. To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible. Ef·face"a·ble (?), a. Capable of being effaced. Ef·face"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. effacement.] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act. Ef·fas"ci·nate (?), v. t. [L. effascinare.] To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood. Ef·fas`ci·na"tion (?), n. [L. effascinatio.] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.] Ef·fect" (?), n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact.] |