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effacer (s.xii1)
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effacer (s.xii1)

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esfacer  (enffacer)  
  FEW:  facies 3,356a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  esfacier 9,526b TL: esfacier 3,1037 DEAF:  face (esfacier)  DMF:  effacer  TLF:  effacer  OED:  efface v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to efface, blot out, remove: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) En une generaciun seit esfaced li nums de lui  Oxf Ps ANTS 110.108.12
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Vendrunt li paisant de ceste terre e enffacerunt tun seintime nun  Joshua Sermons ii 26
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  nepurquant ses mauz efface Ta grant douzor  Ross ANTS 2947
♦to deface, destroy: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  n’esfaça pas les vergiers (=forest shrines) es mons u l’en soloit au diable sacrefier  Liv Reis1 204
2to disfigure, mar the face, features of: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Sil batit tant a desmesure [...]; Nis face e front jesqu’as oreilles Li esfaçot com a merveilles  Dial Greg SATF 964
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Tu (=J. C. on Cross) moers, e quant ta douce face La mort descolore et efface [...]  Ross ANTS 2254

See also:

defacer  face1 
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