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Webster 1913 Edition

Effervesce

Efˊfer-vesce′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Effervesced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Effervescing
.]
[L.
effervescere
;
ex
+
fervescere
to begin boiling, incho., fr.
fervere
to boil. See
Fervent
.]
1.
To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.

Webster 1828 Edition

Effervesce

EFFERVESCE

,
Verb.
I.
efferves'. [L. 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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