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Efface

verb/ih-FAYS/

Meaning

to erase (a mark) from a surface; to make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous.

In context

Time had effaced the inscriptions on the tombstones.

Remember it

Ef-FACE: rub the face off a mark until it disappears.

Use it well

Formal: 'effaced by time or weather'; 'efface oneself' means keep quietly in the background.