E-rāse', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ERASED (e-rāst'); p. pr. & vb. n. ERASING.] [Lat. eradere, erasum, from e, out, and radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave, Fr. raser, It. radere, Sp. raser.]

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 ideas in the mind or memory.