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verb (defac, ing)
- To damage something in a visible or conspicuous manner.
- 1869: s:George Eliot, George Eliot, s:The Legend of Jubal, The Legend of Jubal
- : That wondrous frame where melody began / Lay as a tomb defaced that no eye cared to scan.
- To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value.
- He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling "void" over them.
- 1776: s:Adam Smith, Adam Smith, s:The Wealth of Nations/Book I/Chapter 5, The Wealth of Nations
- :One-and-twenty worn and defaced shillings, however, were considered as equivalent to a guinea, which perhaps, indeed, was worn and defaced too, but seldom so much so.
Etymology: de- + face
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