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Webster 1913 Edition

Deface

De-face′

(dē̍-fās′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Defaced
(dē̍-fāst′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Defacing
.]
[OE.
defacen
to disfigure, efface, OF.
desfacier
; L.
dis-
+
facies
face. See
Face
, and cf.
Efface
.]
1.
To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of;
as, to
deface
a monument; to
deface
an edifice; to
deface
writing; to
deface
a note, deed, or bond; to
deface
a record.
“This high face defaced.”
Emerson.
So by false learning is good sense
defaced
.
Pope.
2.
[Cf. F.
défaire
.]
To destroy; to make null.
[Obs.]
[Profane scoffing] doth . . .
deface
the reverence of religion.
Bacon.
Syn. – See
Efface
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deface

DEFACE

, v.t.
1.
To destroy or mar the face or surface of a thing; to injure the superficies or beauty; to disfigure; as, to deface a monument; to deface an ediface.
2.
To injure any thing; to destroy, spoil or mar; to erase or obliterate; as, to deface letters or writing; to deface a note, deed or bond; to deface a record.
3.
To injure the appearance; to disfigure.

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