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effloresce

[ ef-luh-res ]

verb (used without object)

, ef·flo·resced, ef·flo·resc·ing.
  1. to burst into bloom; blossom.
  2. Chemistry.
    1. to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a crystalline substance through loss of water of crystallization.
    2. to become incrusted or covered with crystals of salt or the like through evaporation or chemical change.


effloresce

/ ˌɛflɔːˈrɛs /

verb

  1. to burst forth into or as if into flower; bloom
  2. to become powdery by loss of water or crystallization
  3. to become encrusted with powder or crystals as a result of chemical change or the evaporation of a solution


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Word History and Origins

Origin of effloresce1

1765–75; < Latin efflōrēscere to blossom out, equivalent to ef- ef- + flōrēscere to begin to bloom ( flōr ( i )-, stem of flōs flower + -ēscere -esce )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of effloresce1

C18: from Latin efflōrēscere to blossom, from flōrēscere, from flōs flower

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Example Sentences

Somewhere at the foot of his brain, an understanding was beginning to effloresce with the sea's water, under the sun.

The crystals may be purchased pure, but they effloresce in dry air with loss of water.

But the broad principles will effloresce into all manner of perfectnesses and all fruits.

A great deal of chemical action then commences, salts of various kinds effloresce on the surface, and the mass becomes hard.

The use of borax should be avoided, or it should be used sparingly, as it is apt to make the enamel effloresce and lose colour.

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