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ef⋅fuse

  [v. i-fyooz; adj. i-fyoos] verb, -fused, -fus⋅ing, adjective
Use effuse in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate: The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
–verb (used without object)
2. to exude; flow out.
3. Physics. (of a gas) to flow through a very small orifice.
–adjective
4. scattered; profuse.
5. Botany. spread out loosely.
6. (of certain shells) having the lips separated by a gap or groove.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L effūs(us) (ptp. of effundere) poured out, equiv. to ef- ef- + fūsus poured (see fuse 2 )
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ef·fuse   (ĭ-fyōōs')   
adj.   Botany
Spreading out loosely.
v.   (ĭ-fyōōz') ef·fused, ef·fus·ing, ef·fus·es

v.   tr.

  1. To pour out (a liquid).

  2. To radiate; diffuse.

v.   intr.

  1. To spread or flow out.

  2. To ooze forth; exude.


[Latin effūsus, past participle of effundere, to pour out : ex-, ex- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ef·fuse
Pronunciation: i-'fyüs, e-
Function: adjective
: spread out flat without definite form effuse colony ofbacteria>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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