Word Direct Answers

What does "effuse" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon.
  2. 3.(Zoöl.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
  3. 4.Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak.
  4. 5.To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.] With gushing blood effused. Milton.
  5. 6.To emanate; to issue. Thomson.

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