effacer, v.a., to efface, to expunge; to wear out; to rub out; to strike out; to blot out; to scrape out, to scratch out; to wash away, to obliterate; to eclipse, to throw into the shade; to throw back (the shoulders); to surpass, to excel, to outdo. — ses péchés par ses larmes; to wash out one’s sins by one’s tears.
s’effacer, v.r., to get obliterated; to wash out; to wear away; to keep in the background; to draw aside; to give way; to straighten one’s self; to throw one’s self well back. Il s’effaça pour éviter le coup; he drew aside to avoid the blow.
effaceu-r, -se, n.m.f., eraser.
effaçure, n.f., blot, blotting out, obliteration, erasure.
effaner, v.a., (agri.) to strip of leaves.
effaré, -e, part., wild; scared; bewildered. Un visage —; a haggard, scared countenance.
effarement, n.m., bewilderment, distraction, terror, affright.
effarer, v.a., to terrify, to scare.
s’effarer, v.r., to be scared, to take fright.
effarouchant, -e, adj., terrifying, startling.