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Ef*fran"chise (?), v. t. [Pref. ex- + franchise: cf. OF. esfranchir.] To enfranchise.

Ef*fray" (?), v. t. [F. effrayer. See Affray.] To frighten; to scare. [Obs.] Spenser.

Ef*fray"a*ble (?), a. Frightful. [Obs.] Harvey.

Ef`fre*na"tion (?), n. [L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle.] Unbridled license; unruliness. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Ef*front" (?), v. t. To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ef*front"er*y (?), n.; pl. Effronteries (#). [F. effronterie, fr. effronté shameless, fr. L. effrons, - ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery.

Bancroft.

Syn. -- Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.

Ef*front"it (?), a. [F. effronté.] Marked by impudence. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Ef*fron"tu*ous*ly (?; 135), adv. Impudently. [Obs.] R. North.

Ef*fulge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effulging (?).] [L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See Fulgent.] To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.]

His eyes effulging a peculiar fire.

Thomson.

Ef*fulge", v. i. To shine forth; to beam.

Ef*ful"gence (?), n. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.

The effulgence of his glory abides.

Milton.

The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn.

Beattie.

Ef*ful"gent (?), a. [L. effulgens, -entis, p. pr. of effulgere.] Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid. "Effulgent rays of light." Cowper.

Ef*ful"gent*ly, adv. In an effulgent manner.

Ef*fu`ma*bil"i*ty (?), n. The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.] Boyle.

Ef*fume" (?), v. t. [L. effumare to emit smoke; ex + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke.] To breathe or puff out. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Ef*fund" (?), v. t. [L. effundere. See Effuse.] To pour out. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Ef*fuse" (?), a. [L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] 1. Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.]

So should our joy be very effuse.

Barrow.