From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, adjective [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.
2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] --Young.
3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. --Loudon.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, noun Effusion; loss. ''Much effuse of blood.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Effused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effusing}.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.]
With gushing blood effused. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, verb (used without an object) To emanate; to issue. --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: pour out; "effused brine" [syn: {pour out}]
2: flow or spill forth [syn: {flow out}]
3: give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "effuse": abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, arise, bail out, bleed, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, break cover, break forth, burst forth, come, come forth, come out, copious, debouch, diffuse, discharge, disembogue, egest, eliminate, emanate, emerge, emit, epidemic, erupt, excrete, exfiltrate, exhaustless, extravagant, extravasate, extrude, exuberant, exudate, exude, fat, fertile, filter, filtrate, flush, full, galore, generous, give off, in plenty, in quantity, inexhaustible, issue, issue forth, jump out, lavish, leach, liberal, lixiviate, luxuriant, many, maximal, much, numerous, ooze, opulent, overflowing, pass, percolate, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, protrude, rampant, reek, replete, rich, rife, riotous, running over, sally, sally forth, secrete, seep, strain, superabundant, surface, teeming, transpire, transude, wealthy, weep, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale
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