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

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

v.a.

1to efface, blot out, remove: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) En une generaciun seit esfaced li nums de lui  110.108.12
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Vendrunt li paisant de ceste terre e enffacerunt tun seintime nun  ii 26
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  nepurquant ses mauz efface Ta grant douzor  2947
2to drain of colour (?): 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Tu (=J. C. on Cross) moers, e quant ta douce face La mort descolore et efface [...]  2254
3to disfigure: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Sil batit tant a desmesure [...]; Nis face e front jesqu’as oreilles Li esfaçot com a merveilles  964
4to destroy: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  n’esfaça pas les vergiers (=forest shrines) es mons u l’en soloit au diable sacrefier  204
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