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Webster 1913 Edition

Erase

E-rase′

(ē̍-rās′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Erased
(ē̍-rāst′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
.
Erasing
.]
[L.
erasus
, p. p. of
eradere
to erase;
e
out +
radere
to scrape, scratch, shave. See
Rase
.]
1.
To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out;
as, to
erase
a word or a name
.
2.
Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; – used of ideas in the mind or memory.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Erase

ERA'SE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. erado, erasi; e and rado, to scrape; Heb. a graving tool.]
1.
To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved or painted; to efface; as, to erase a word or a name.
2.
To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; as with pen and ink.
3.
To efface; to destroy; as ideas in the mind or memory.
4.
To destroy to the foundation. [See Raze.]

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