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Webster 1913 Edition


Efflux

Ef′flux

,
Noun.
[See
Effluent
,
Flux
.]
1.
The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow;
as, the
efflux
of matter from an ulcer; the
efflux
of men’s piety.
It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in
efflux
.
I. Taylor.
2.
That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
Prime cheerer, light! . . .
Efflux
divine.
Thomson.

Ef-flux′

,
Verb.
I.
To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.
[Obs.]
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Efflux

EF'FLUX

,
Noun.
[L. effluxus, from effluo, to flow out.]
1.
The act of flowing out, or issuing in a stream; as an efflux of matter from an ulcer.
2.
Effusion; flow; as the first efflux of men's piety.
3.
That which flows out; emanation.
Light--efflux divine.