effloresce

American  

[ef-luh-res] / ˌɛf ləˈrɛs /

verb (used without object)

effloresced, efflorescing

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.

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effloresce British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of effloresce

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

Example Sentences

Two decades later the image would effloresce in the story/novella “Cousins”:

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2015

But eventually the virus predominates in the blood and the primitive cells effloresce into cancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The longest way round is the shortest way home; trust Him with all your hearts first, and that will effloresce into "whatsoever things are lovely and whatever things are of good report."

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander

Unlike the generality of ugly heroines, you will not see me develop and effloresce into beauty toward the end of my story.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

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

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander