Deface - Definition of Deface by Webster Dictionary

Definition of Deface

De`face´ Pronunciation: dė`fās´

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Defaced (dė*fāst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defacing.] So by false learning is good sense defaced. - Pope.
	2.	To destroy; to make null. [Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion. - Bacon. For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. - Spenser.

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