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noun

Effusion n.

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like. "To save the effusion of my people's blood."

That which is poured out, literally or figuratively. "Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow." "The light effusions of a heedless boy."

(Pathol.)

(a)

The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.

(b)

The liquid escaping or exuded.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Effusion" Quotes from Famous Books

... you please; and if you find anything to say to me, you will at least make certain of a very friendly listener. Ah! Monsieur de Beaulieu," she broke forth—"ah! Monsieur de Beaulieu, how can I look you in the face?" And she fell to weeping again with a renewed effusion. ...

— The Short-story • William Patterson Atkinson

... the more vigorous members of the brotherhood had shown no special sympathy for Rossetti's religious mysticism, a feebler artist, himself one of the original seven, had taken it up with embarrassing effusion. This was the late James Collinson, whose principal picture, "St. Elizabeth of Hungary," finished in 1851, produced a sort of crisis in Rossetti's career. This painting out-mystified the mystic himself; it was simply maudlin and hysterical, though drawn with some ...

— Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) • Various

... managed his proposals with no small degree of art, assigning, in imitation of the commanders of what are called civilized armies, that his proposals were dictated by humanity and a wish to spare the effusion of blood. He affirmed, that in case of a prompt surrender, he could answer for the safety of the prisoners; but that in the event of taking the garrison by storm, he could not; that cannon and a reinforcement were approaching, in which case they must be aware that their palisades ...

— The First White Man of the West • Timothy Flint

... this effusion, the slumber so much wanted might have stolen on my senses, had there been no new cause ...

— Wieland; or The Transformation - An American Tale • Charles Brockden Brown

... o'clock Colonel von Bronsart returned from his mission to Sedan, bringing word to the King that the commanding officer there General Wimpffen, wished to know, in order that the further effusion of blood might be spared, upon what terms he might surrender. The Colonel brought the intelligence also that the French Emperor was in the town. Soon after Von Bronsart's arrival a French officer approached from Sedan, preceded by a white flag and two German ...

— The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. II., Part 6 • P. H. Sheridan

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