obliterate Copy link Outline 1. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (both lit. and fig.)2. ăbŏleo, ēvi, ĭtum, 23. oblītĕro, 1 (oblitt.)4. in pass. sense, ēvānesco, vānui, 3 (to become o.d)5. exŏlesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (in pass. sense) • obliterate: 1. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (both lit. and fig.): v. TO BLOT OUT. 2. ăbŏleo, ēvi, ĭtum, 2: to o. a name (in a will), nomen ab., Suet. Dom. 15, init.: to o. the recollection of anything, memoriam alicujus rei ab., Tac. H. 1, 84: also intrans. (which, however, more properly belongs to abolesco, incept.), nondum memoria aboleverat, had not yet become o.d., Liv. 9, 36, init. 3. oblītĕro, 1 (oblitt.): Tac. A. 13, 23, extr. More freq. in fig. sense, e. g. memoriam obl., Liv. 21, 29, extr. 4. in pass. sense, ēvānesco, vānui, 3 (to become o.d): (the characters) had become so completely o.d, tantopere evanuisse, Tisch. pref. N. T.: the recollection has gradually become o.d, memoria sensim [obscurata est] et evanuit, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95. 5. exŏlesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (in pass. sense): letters almost o.d, paene jam exolescentes litterae, Suet. Aug. 7. Phr.: to o. the very name of the Roman people, exstinguere nomen populi Romani, Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7.