ERASED

Verb

erased

simple past tense and past participle of erase

Adjective

erased (not comparable)

(heraldry) having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven.

Anagrams

• Red Sea, Reseda, Sereda, adrees, reseda, seared

Source: Wiktionary


E*rased", p. pr. & a.

1. Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.

2. (Her.)

Definition: Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.

ERASE

E*rase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased; p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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