Part 3620

<h1>Effierce</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fierce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>fierce</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Effigial</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fig"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to an effigy.</def>

<h1>Effigiate</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fig"i*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effigiatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>effigiare</ets> to form, fr. <ets>effigies</ets>. See <er>Effigy</er>.]</ety> <def>To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.</def>

<blockquote>[He must] <b>effigiate</b> and conform himself to those circumstances. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Effigiation</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fig`i*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>effigiatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Effigies</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fig"i*es</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Effigy</er>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Effigy</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef"fi*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Effigies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>effigies</ets>, fr. <ets>effingere</ets> to form, fashion; <ets>ex</ets> + <ets>fingere</ets> to form, shape, devise. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <def>The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To burn</col>, &or; <col>To hang</col>, <col>in effigy</col></mcol>, <cd>to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.</cd></cs>

<h1>Efflagitate</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flag"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>efflagitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>efflagitare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To ask urgently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Efflate</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flate"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>efflatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>efflare</ets> to blow or breathe out; <ets>ex + flare</ets> to blow.]</ety> <def>To fill with breath; to puff up.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Efflation</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fla"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.</def>

<blockquote>A soft <b>efflation</b> of celestial fire. <i>Parnell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Effloresce</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef`flo*resce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Effloresced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Efflorescing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>efflorescere</ets> to bloom, blossom; <ets>ex + florescere</ets> to begin to blossom, incho., fr. <ets>florere</ets> to blossom, fr. <ets>flos</ets> a flower. See <er>Flower</er>.]</ety>