EFFERVESCE, verb intransitive efferves'. [Latin effervesco, from ferveo, to be hot, to rage.See Fervent.] To be in natural commotion, like liquor when gently boiling; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in an elastic form; to work, as new wine.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.