Definition:
- (a.) Poured out freely; profuse.
- (a.) Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
- (a.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.
- (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
- (n.) Effusion; loss.
- (v. t.) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
- (v. i.) To emanate; to issue.