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Efface
- verb - make inconspicuous; "efface oneself"
- remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
- remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
Effect
- noun - (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect"
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
- act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"
- an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
- produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Effete
- adjective - exhausted of vitality
- marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
Effigy
- noun - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
Effing
- verb - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
Efflux
- noun - the process of flowing out
Effort
- noun - a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
Effume
- - To breathe or puff out.