effuse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: effuse	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for effuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effuse v pour out; "effused brine" Synonym(s): effuse, pour out flow or spill forth Synonym(s): flow out, effuse give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effuse \Effuse"\, a. [L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] 1. Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.] So should our joy be very effuse. --Barrow. 2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] --Young. 3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse* inflorescence. --Loudon. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effuse \Effuse"\, n. Effusion; loss. [bd]Much effuse* of blood.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effusing}.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.] With gushing blood effused. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, v. i. To emanate; to issue. --Thomson.