| effulge | To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. "His eyes effulging a peculiar fire." (Thomson) Origin: L. Effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See Fulgent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| effume | To breathe or puff out. Origin: L. Effumare to emit smoke; ex + fumare to smoke, fr. Fumus smoke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| effuse | Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. "With gushing blood effused." (Milton) Origin: Effused; Effusing. 1. Poured out freely; profuse. "So should our joy be very effuse." (Barrow) 2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. 3. <botany> Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. 4. <zoology> Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; said of certain shells. Origin: L. Effusus, p. P. Of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| effusion | The escape of fluid into a part or tissue, as an exudation or a transudation. Origin: L. Effusio = a pouring out (18 Nov 1997) |
| effusive | Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave. <geology> " Effusive rocks, volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. Effu"sively, Effu"siveness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |