Part 3618

<hw>Ef*fem"i*nize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make effeminate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Effendi</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*fen"di</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Turk. <ets>efendi</ets>, fr. Modern Gr. <?/, fr. Gr. <?/ a chief. See <er>Authentic</er>.]</ety> <def>Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.</def>

<h1>Efferent</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef"fe*rent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>efferens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effere</ets> to bear out; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Conveyed outward; <as>as, <ex>efferent</ex> impulses, <it>i. e.</it>, such as are conveyed by the motor or <i>efferent</i> nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to <i>afferent</i>.</def>

<h1>Efferent</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef"fe*rent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An efferent duct or stream.</def>

<h1>Efferous</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef"fer*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>efferus</ets> savage; <ets>ex</ets> (intens.) + <ets>ferus</ets> wild.]</ety> <def>Like a wild beast; fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Effervesce</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef`fer*vesce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Effervesced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Effervescing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>effervescere</ets>; <ets>ex + fervescere</ets> to begin boiling, incho., fr. <ets>fervere</ets> to boil. See <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; <as>as, to <ex>effervesce</ex> with joy or merriment</as>.</def>

<h1>Effervescence, Effervescency</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw><hw>Ef`fer*ves"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>effervescence</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; <as>as, the <ex>effervescence</ex> of a carbonate with citric acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Effervescent</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef`fer*ves"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effervescences</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effervescere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>effervescent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas</def>

<h1>Effervescible</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef`fer*ves"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of effervescing.</def>

<h1>Effervescive</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef`fer*ves"cive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to produce effervescence.</def> "An <i>effervescive</i> force."

<i>Hickok.</i>

<h1>Effet</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef"fet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Eft</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The common newt; -- called also <altname>asker</altname>, <altname>eft</altname>, <altname>evat</altname>, and <altname>ewt</altname>.</def>

<h1>Effete</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*fete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effetus</ets> that has brought forth, exhausted; <ets>ex + fetus</ets> that has brought forth. See <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <def>No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.</def>

<blockquote><b>Effete</b> results from virile efforts. <i>Mrs. Browning</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If they find the old governments <b>effete</b>, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>