effuse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb pour out
    pour out.
    • effused brine
  2. verb flow or spill forth
    flow out.
  3. verb give out or emit (also metaphorically)
    • The room effuses happiness

WordNet

Ef*fuse" adjective
Etymology
L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
Ef*fuse" noun
Definitions
  1. Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak.
Ef*fuse" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Effused ; present participle & verbal noun Effusing
Definitions
  1. To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. R.
    With gushing blood effused. Milton.
Ef*fuse" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To emanate; to issue. Thomson.

Webster 1913