Thesaurus: effuse

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1. a. Poured out freely; profuse.
2. a. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
3. a. Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.
4. a. Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
5. n. Effusion; loss.
6. v. t. To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
7. v. i. To emanate; to issue.
8. v. pour out liberally
9. v. flow or spill forth
10. v. give out or emit (also metaphorically)
11. 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. Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak. To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.] With gushing blood effused. Milton. To emanate; to issue. Thomson.
12. Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuseinflorescence. Loudon.