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Webster 1913 Edition


Effervesce

Efˊfer-vesce′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Effervesced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Effervescing
.]
[L.
effervescere
;
ex
+
fervescere
to begin boiling, incho., fr.
fervere
to boil. See
Fervent
.]
1.
To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.

Webster 1828 Edition


Effervesce

EFFERVESCE

,
Verb.
I.
efferves'. [L. effervesco, from ferveo, to be hot, to rage.See Fervent.] To be in natural commotion, like liquor when gently boiling; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid,when some part escapes in an elastic form; to work, as new wine.

Definition 2024


effervesce

effervesce

English

Verb

effervesce (third-person singular simple present effervesces, present participle effervescing, simple past and past participle effervesced)

  1. (intransitive, of a liquid) to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz
  2. (intransitive, of a gas) to escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles
  3. (intransitive, of a person) to show high spirits

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Latin

Verb

effervēsce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of effervēscō