erasev. t.[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.)