EFFUSE

a. n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.] So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow.

2.
a.

Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] Young.

3.
a.

Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon.

4.
a.

Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.

5.
n.

Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak.

6.
v.

To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.] With gushing blood effused. Milton.

7.
v.

To emanate; to issue. Thomson.


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