effloresce
Americanverb (used without object)
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to burst into bloom; blossom.
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Chemistry.
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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.
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to become incrusted or covered with crystals of salt or the like through evaporation or chemical change.
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verb
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to burst forth into or as if into flower; bloom
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to become powdery by loss of water or crystallization
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to become encrusted with powder or crystals as a result of chemical change or the evaporation of a solution
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 )
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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
He does not tell us in this parable how the character which will effloresce in blossoms and set in fruits of goodness is produced.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren
Metals crystallize; frosts effloresce, plants become living things, inanimate matter takes animate form, monads vibrate, the pantheism of nature makes itself manifest.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
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 Rhoda Broughton
The written-out trills of the 28th Variation effloresced with a mild gleam, and the fughetta of the 10th hit the ear with a tonal wall of sound.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Since his marriage, he has effloresced in Washington society.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some buds are expanding; others, which had effloresced more rapidly, have already disappeared.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 by Various
As for McGill, he expanded, he effloresced, if such a nature as his could be said to bloom.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Remember, but for these loppings of affliction you might have effloresced into the rank luxuriant growth of mere external profession.
From Memories of Bethany by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
This had the double disadvantage of rendering the specimen cured by its aid almost dripping with humidity in damp weather, and efflorescing with the double salts around the eyes and mouth in dry weather.
And although the waters are healed, there still remain the obstinate marshes with the white crystals efflorescing on their surface, and bringing salt and barrenness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
Has the slow re- absorption of this gas, it may be asked, given to the lime in the cells of the lava, that peculiar fibrous structure, like that of an efflorescing salt?
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
And the gladness which is wholesome and blessed, and is 'joy in the Lord,' will manifest itself by efflorescing into all holiness and all loftiness and largeness of obedience.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
Carbonate of soda should be avoided in connection with sodium silicate as the property of efflorescing on the surface of the finished cake after a short time will prove detrimental.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
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