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Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] "With dreadful heart." Chaucer.

In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.

The quality of being dreadful.

Full of dreams. " Dreamful ease." Tennyson. -- Dream"ful*ly, adv.

Fit; becoming. [Obs.] Spenser.

Lasting. [Obs.] Spenser.

submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.

Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Full of anxiety or yearning. [Obs.] P. Fletcher.

Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful. Shak. -- Ease"ful*ly, adv. -- Ease"ful*ness, n.

To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.] His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. Thomson.

The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor. The effulgence of his glory abides. Milton. The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Beattie.

Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid. "Effulgent rays of light." Cowper.

In an effulgent manner.

The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.] Boyle.

To breathe or puff out. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To pour out. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

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

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like. To save the effusion of my people's blood. Dryden.

Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.