effemInize

t. [Latin effemin(o); Eng. suff. -ize.] To make or render effeminate. "Brave knights effeminized by sloth." Sylvester: Du Bartas, v. 45, 3. ef-fen-di, s. (Turkish.) Master, used as a title of respect. ef-fer-ent, a. [Lat. efferens, pr. par. of effero to bear or carry out: ef = ex = out, and fero =to bear.] Physiol.: Conveying outward; discharging. "A small artery, afferent ve el, may be seen to enter the tuft, and a minute venous radicle, efferent ve el to emerge from it in close proximity to the artery." -Todd & Bowman : Physiol . Anat ., ii. 487. *èf-fer-ous, a. [Lat. efferus exce ively wild; ef=ex=out (intens.), and fer us wild.] Exceedingly wild, fierce, or savage. "From the teeth of that efferous beast, from the tusk of the wild boar, O Thou, that art the root and generation of David, preserve our root and all his generation." Bishop King: Vine Palatine (1614), p. 34.