De‐face″ (dē̍‐fās″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Defaced (–fāst″); 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. défaire.] To destroy; to make null.
doth... deface the reverence of religion. Bacon.
For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. Spenser.
Syn. — See Efface.