effranchise (efranchiz)

t.; pret. and pp. eff ranch i sed, ppr. eff ranch is ing. [ splendor: as, the effulgence of divine glory. So breaks on the traveller, faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Beattie , The Hermit. IMG:content-0246.png:[blocks in formation] Olyves no we that oute of helthes dwelle Oyldregges salt effunde uppon the roote. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 108. If he his life effund To utmost death, the high God hath design'd That we both live. Dr. H. More , Psychozoia, ii. 146. effuse (e-fūz'), v. t.; pret. and pp. effused , ppr. effusing. [L. effusus, pp. of effundere, ecfun- dere, pour forth, ex , forth, + fundere , pour: see fuse .] To pour out, as a fluid; spill; shed. Smooke of encense effuse in drie oxe dounge Doo under hem, to hele hem and socoure. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 138. Whose maiden blood, thus rigorously eff us'd , Will cry for vengeance at the gates of heaven. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 4. Why to a man enamour'd, That at her feet effuses all his soul, Must woman cold appear, false to herself and him? Steele , Lying Lover, v. 1. effuse (e-fus'), a. [= OF. eff us = Sp. efuso = It. effuso, L. effusus, pp.: see the verb.] 11. Poured out freely; profuse. 'Tis pride, or emptine , applies the straw, That tickles little minds to mirth effuse . Young, Night Thoughts, viii. 2. In bot.: (a) Very loosely spreading, as a panicle, etc. ( b ) In lichenology, spread out without definite form or figure: opposed to effigurate. 3. In zool.: (a) In conch., applied to shells where the aperture is not whole behind, but the lips are separated by a gap or groove. (b) In entom., loosely joined; composed of parts which are almost separated from one another: opposed to compact or coarctate. effuset (e-fūs'), n. [ And much effuse of blood doth make me faint. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 6.