effund
English
Etymology
From Latin effundō. See effuse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈfʌnd/
Verb
effund (third-person singular simple present effunds, present participle effunding, simple past and past participle effunded)
- (obsolete) To pour out.
- 1642, Henry More, The Life of the Soul:
- If he his life effund To utmost death, the high God hath design'd That we both live.
- 1776, Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Elements Of Conchology:
- However, later discoveries prove, that it is not peculiar to one species only, but that several kinds, nay, different families, afford and effund this purple juice : indeed a whole family of Shells still retain the name of Purpuræ, or purples, from this property.
References
- “effund”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.