effuse

US: (v. i fyo̅o̅z′; adj. i fyo̅o̅s′)

Inflections of 'effuse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

effuses

v 3rd person singular

effusing

v pres p

effused

v past

effused

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ef•fuse  (v. i fyo̅o̅z′;adj. i fyo̅o̅s′), v., -fused, -fus•ing, adj. 
v.t. 

1. to pour out or forth;
   shed;
   disseminate:
   The town effuses warmth and hospitality.

v.i. 

2. to exude;
   flow out.
3. Physics (of a gas) to flow through a very small orifice.

adj. 

4. scattered;
   profuse.
5. Botany spread out loosely.
6. Invertebrates (of certain shells) having the lips separated by a gap or groove.

• Latin effūs(us) (past participle of effundere) poured out, equivalent. to ef- ef- + fūsus poured (see fuse²)
• Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

effuse verb / ɪˈfjuːz/

1. to pour or flow out
2. to spread out; diffuse

adjective / ɪˈfjuːs/

1. (esp of an inflorescence) spreading out loosely

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin effūsus poured out, from effundere to shed, from fundere to pour