effloresce

[ef-luh-res]

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verb (used without object), ef·flo·resced, ef·flo·resc·ing.

to burst into bloom; blossom.
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.

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)

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Historical Examples

Somewhere at the foot of his brain, an understanding was beginning to effloresce with the sea's water, under the sun.
The Jewels of Aptor
Samuel R. Delany
Love of a kind there was, but it was too matter-of-fact and practical in its nature to effloresce into sentimentality.
Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10)
Burleigh James Bartlett
In that time they begin to effloresce, and to throw out a reddish matter on their surface.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.
Pierre Joseph Macquer
Unlike the generality of ugly heroines, you will not see me develop and effloresce into beauty toward the end of my story.
Nancy
Rhoda Broughton
Do I, from scholar, effloresce into literary man, author by profession?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849
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British Dictionary definitions for effloresce

effloresce

verb (intr)

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

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for effloresce

v.

"to come into flower," 1775, from Latin efflorescere "to blossom, spring up, flourish, abound," from ex "out" (see ex-) + florescere "to blossom," from flos (see flora).

effloresce in Medicine

effloresce

(ĕf′lə-rĕs′)

To blossom; bloom.
To become a powder by losing water of crystallization, as when a hydrated crystal is exposed to air.

Related formsef′flo•res′cence n.

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Examples from the Web for effloresce

Historical Examples

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

Love of a kind there was, but it was too matter-of-fact and practical in its nature to effloresce into sentimentality.

In that time they begin to effloresce, and to throw out a reddish matter on their surface.

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

Do I, from scholar, effloresce into literary man, author by profession?

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for effloresce

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