Effuse Definition

ĭ-fyo͝os

effused, effuses, effusing

adjective

Poured or spread out freely.

Webster's New World

Spread out loosely and flat, without form.

Webster's New World

(zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

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verb

effused, effuses, effusing

To pour out or forth.

Webster's New World

To spread out; diffuse; radiate.

Webster's New World

To spread or flow out.

American Heritage Medicine

To ooze forth; exude.

American Heritage Medicine

To emit; to give off.

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Origin of Effuse

Latin effūsus past participle of effundere to pour out ex- ex- fundere to pour gheu- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).

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