About The Word Effuse
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Effuse
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What's The Definition Of Effuse?
[v] give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness"
[v] flow forth, as of water [v] pour out, of liquids Synonyms | Synonyms for Effuse: flow out | pour out Related Terms | Find terms related to Effuse: abounding | abundant | affluent | all-sufficing | ample | aplenty | arise | bail out | bleed | bottomless | bounteous | bountiful | break cover | break forth | burst forth | come | come forth | come out | copious | debouch | diffuse | discharge | disembogue | egest | eliminate | emanate | emerge | emit | epidemic | erupt | excrete | exfiltrate | exhaustless | extravagant | extravasate | extrude | exuberant | exudate | exude | fat | fertile | filter | filtrate | flush | full | galore | generous | give off | in plenty | in quantity | inexhaustible | issue | issue forth | jump out | lavish | leach | liberal | lixiviate | luxuriant | many | maximal | much | numerous | ooze | opulent | overflowing | pass | percolate | plenitudinous | plenteous | plentiful | plenty | prevailing | prevalent | prodigal | productive | profuse | profusive | protrude | rampant | reek | replete | rich | rife | riotous | running over | sally | sally forth | secrete | seep | strain | superabundant | surface | teeming | transpire | transude | wealthy | weep | well-found | well-furnished | well-provided | well-stocked | wholesale See Also | emanate | emit | give off | give out | pour Effuse In Webster's Dictionary \Ef*fuse"\, a. [L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour
out; ex + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.]
1. Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.]
So should our joy be very effuse. --Barrow.
2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] --Young.
3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an
effuse inflorescence. --Loudon.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture
abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
\Ef*fuse"\, n. Effusion; loss. ``Much effuse of blood.'' --Shak. \Ef*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effusing}.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.] With gushing blood effused. --Milton. \Ef*fuse"\, v. i. To emanate; to issue. --Thomson. |
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