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Definition of "effuse" [ef•fuse]

  • Botany Spreading out loosely. (adjective)
  • To pour out (a liquid). (verb-transitive)
  • To radiate; diffuse. (verb-transitive)
  • To spread or flow out. (verb-intransitive)
  • To ooze forth; exude. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "effuse" in a sentence
  • "It's been two weeks since Jon Stewart went on Chris Wallace's Fox News show for one of his most highly anticipated interviews and both hosts are still continuing to effuse."
  • "I effuse my flash in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags."
  • "Whereas our analogues on the right used to effuse over how W. was doing a helluva job even as the country went to hell, we mutter or post disparaging comments about how Obama has let us down."