Effrayable
Ef‐fray″a‐ble (?), a. Frightful. Harvey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Ef‐fray″a‐ble (?), a. Frightful. Harvey.
Ef′fre‐na″tion (?), n. [L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle.] Unbridled license; unruliness. Cockeram.
Ef‐front″ (?), v. t. To give assurance to. Sir T. Browne.
Ef‐front″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Effronteries (#). [F. effronterie, fr. effronté shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i.e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons t...
Ef‐front″it (?), a. [F. effronté.] Marked by impudence. Jer. Taylor.
Ef‐fron″tu‐ous‐ly (?; 135), adv. Impudently. R. North.
Ef‐fulge″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Effulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Effulging (?).] [L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See Fulgent.] To cause to shine with a...
Ef‐fulge″, v. i. To shine forth; to beam.
Ef‐ful″gence (?), n. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.The effulgence of his glory abides. Milton.The brig...
Ef‐ful″gent (?), a. [L. effulgens, -entis, p. pr. of effulgere.] Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid. “Effulgent rays of light.” Cowper.
Ef‐ful″gent‐ly, adv. In an effulgent manner.
Ef‐fu′ma‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. Boyle.
Ef‐fume″ (?), v. t. [L. effumare to emit smoke; ex + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke.] To breathe or puff out. B. Jonson.
Ef‐fund″ (?), v. t. [L. effundere. See Effuse.] To pour out. Dr. H. More.
Ef‐fuse″ (?), a. [L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] 1. Poured out freely; profuse.So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow.2. ...
Ef‐fuse″, n. Effusion; loss. “Much effuse of blood.” Shak.
Ef‐fuse″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Effused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Effusing.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.With gushing blood effused. Milton.
Ef‐fuse″, v. i. To emanate; to issue. Thomson.
Ef‐fu″sion (?), n. [L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.] 1. The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.To save the effusion of my people'...
Ef‐fu″sive (?), a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. “Washed with the effusive wave.” Pope.Effusive rocks(Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or pl...
Ef″reet (?), n. See Afrit.
Eft (?), n. [AS. efete lizard. See Newt.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European lizard of the genus Seps. (b) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
Eft, adv. [AS. eft, æft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.] Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.I wold never eft comen into the snare. Spenser.
{ Eft‐soon″ (?), Eft‐soons″ (?), } adv. [OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + s�na soon. See Eft, and Soon.] Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.And, if he fall from his c...
E‐gad″ (?), interj. An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.
E″gal (?), a. [F. égal. See Equal.] Equal; impartial. Shak.
E‐gal″i‐ty (?), n. [OE. egalite, F. égalité.] Equality. Chaucer. Tennyson.