The dictionary says what I did, and plan to do, is bad but I feel liberated
For 41 years I have resisted writing in books, even text books. I have used post-it-notes, sheets of paper and a few other things but before now I have never defaced a book.
Times are changing. That’s what the Diocesan School for Ministry does for you.
de·face (d
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tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es
1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure.
2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.
3. Obsolete To obliterate; destroy.
[Middle English defacen, from Old French desfacier : des-, de- + face, face; see face.]
de·facea·ble adj.
a·ble adj.de·facement n.
ment n.de·facer n.
er n.
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