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Effuse
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.] With gushing blood effused. Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To emanate; to issue. Thomson.
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.] So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow.
2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] Young.
3. Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon.
4. Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.