verwischen

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German

Etymology

From ver- +‎ wischen.

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verwischen (weak, third-person singular present verwischt, past tense verwischte, past participle verwischt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to smudge, to smear (e.g. paint)
  2. (transitive) to blur, to obscure (e.g. the differences between two things)
    • c. 1927, Bertolt Brecht, “Verwisch die Spuren!”, in Aus dem Lesebuch für Städtebewohner:
      Sorge, wenn du zu sterben gedenkst / Daß kein Grabmal steht und verrät, wo du liegst / Mit einer deutlichen Schrift, die dich anzeigt / Und dem Jahr deines Todes, das dich überführt! / Noch einmal: / Verwisch die Spuren!
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