effuse

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).

And indeed it is diffused but not effused. — Meditations, Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
Patroclus thus, so many chiefs o’erthrown, So many lives effused, expires his own. — The Iliad, Homer
Her eyes were glowing, and her face, usually rather pale, was effused with a fine color. — The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town, L. T. Meade

pour out

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