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effloresce
[ ef-luh-res ]
verb (used without object)
, ef·flo·resced, ef·flo·resc·ing.
- to burst into bloom; blossom.
- Chemistry.
- to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a crystalline substance through loss of water of crystallization.
- to become incrusted or covered with crystals of salt or the like through evaporation or chemical change.
effloresce
/ ˌɛflɔːˈrɛs /
verb
- to burst forth into or as if into flower; bloom
- to become powdery by loss of water or crystallization
- to become encrusted with powder or crystals as a result of chemical change or the evaporation of a solution
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Word History and Origins
Origin of effloresce1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of effloresce1
C18: from Latin efflōrēscere to blossom, from flōrēscere, from flōs flower
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Example Sentences
Somewhere at the foot of his brain, an understanding was beginning to effloresce with the sea's water, under the sun.
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The crystals may be purchased pure, but they effloresce in dry air with loss of water.
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But the broad principles will effloresce into all manner of perfectnesses and all fruits.
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A great deal of chemical action then commences, salts of various kinds effloresce on the surface, and the mass becomes hard.
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The use of borax should be avoided, or it should be used sparingly, as it is apt to make the enamel effloresce and lose colour.
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