efface

Example Sentences

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Thy tears subdue my soul, thy sighs Efface all other memories.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

Say, when beneath your rubbish has been thrown, Some rogue to reputation all unknown—   Men's backs being turned—should lift his thieving hand, Efface your name and substitute his own.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose

Efface that," said Napoleon, sternly, "it is as clear as that the sun is in heaven.

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

Not time, not lightning, Not rain, not thunder, Efface the endless Decrees of Heaven— Make Justice alter, Revoke, assuage her sentence, Which dooms dread ends to dreadful deeds, And violent deaths to violent men. str.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

Efface two of the objects, and retain the impression of one only.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George