ENFACE

Etymology

Verb

enface (third-person singular simple present enfaces, present participle enfacing, simple past and past participle enfaced)

(transitive) To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.).

Adjective

(pathology) For a section of tissue: Cut tangentially to an area of interest.

Source: Wiktionary


En*face", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfacing.] [Pref. en- + face.]

1. To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.); as, to enface drafts with memoranda.

2. To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like) on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, to enface the words "Payable in Calcutta" upon the face of a draft.

Enfaced paper (Com.), Indian government securities the principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in silver rupees. Dict. of Pol. Econ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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