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erase (v.)
c. 1600, from Latin
erasus
, past participle of
eradere
"scrape out, scrape off, shave; abolish, remove," from assimilated form of
ex-
"out" (see
ex-
) +
radere
"to scrape" (see
raze
). Of magnetic tape, from 1945. Related:
Erased
;
erasing
.
