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Webster 1913 Edition


Effume

Ef-fume′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
effumare
to emit smoke;
ex
+
fumare
to smoke, fr.
fumus
smoke.]
To breathe or puff out.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Effume

EFFU'ME

,
Verb.
T.
To breathe out. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


effume

effume

English

Verb

effume (third-person singular simple present effumes, present participle effuming, simple past and past participle effumed)

  1. (obsolete) To breathe or puff out.
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