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)

  1. (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.

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