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rasure

noun
raĀ·​sure | \ Ėˆrā-shər How to pronounce rasure (audio) , -zhər\

Definition of rasure

: erasure, obliteration

First Known Use of rasure

1508, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for rasure

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French rasure, borrowed from Latin rāsÅ«ra, from rāsus (past participle of rādere "to scrape, scratch, pare away, shave") + -Å«ra -ure ā€” more at rase

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