Definitions for: Deface

[v] deface a building facade, for example
[v] mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

Webster (1913) Definition: De*face", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defaced; 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. d['e]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.]

[Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence
of religion. --Bacon.

For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced].
--Spenser.

Syn: See Efface.

Synonyms: blemish, disfigure

See Also: cut up, deflower, impair, mangle, mangle, mar, mark, maul, mutilate, pit, pock, scar, spoil, vitiate

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