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effuse
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Word definitions for effuse in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, v. i. To emanate; to issue. --Thomson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to pour out, spill," late 14c., from Middle French effuser or directly from Latin effusus "poured out," past participle of effundere "to pour forth" (see effusion ). Related: Effused ; effusing . Not to be confused with eff youse .
Usage examples of effuse.
The severe pains and livid patches were frequently associated with swellings in various parts, and especially in the lower extremities, accompanied with stiffness and contractions of the knee joints and ankles, and often with a brawny feel of the parts, as if lymph had been effused between the integuments and apeneuroses, preventing the motion of the skin over the swollen parts.
The head pharmacien of the Hotel Dieu, in his analysis of the fluid effused in puerperal peritonitis, says that practitioners are convinced of its deleterious qualities, and that it is very dangerous to apply it to the denuded skin.
Rising, she walked toward the crowd and waited patiently as person after person shook the actor's hand and effused about the show.
He gave it with some relief, and effused thanks as he accepted the reward which Doc Savage paid him.