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The word "effuse" often conveys the idea of something flowing out or spreading in both literal and figurative senses. In more lyrical passages, it describes radiant emissions—such as the western sun pouring forth its beams [1, 2, 3] or even blood streaming from wounds [4, 5]—thereby enriching the imagery with a sense of gentle outpouring. In contrast, scientific and descriptive texts employ "effuse" to detail forms that are broadly open or loosely spreading, whether referring to botanical structures or the shape of a shell’s aperture [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. The term is also used to express emotional or verbal displays, as when a character discharges flowingly articulated words or passions [11, 12]. This multifaceted use showcases the word’s versatility across genres, enhancing both visual and emotive narratives.
  1. Thou western Sun, effuse thy beams; for he was wont to pace the glade, To watch in pale uncertain gleams, The crimson-zoned horizon fade—
    — from The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by Henry Kirke White
  2. [Pg 121] Let them effuse the azure ray With which Minerva's glances play, And give them all that liquid fire That Venus' languid eyes respire.
    — from The Odes of Anacreon by Thomas Moore
  3. Let them effuse the azure rays, That in Minerva's glances blaze, Mixt with the liquid light that lies In Cytherea's languid eyes.
    — from The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas MooreCollected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Thomas Moore
  4. 90 The aire is got into my bleeding wounds, And much effuse of bloud doth make me faint, Come Yorke , and Richard , Warwike and the rest, ♦
    — from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9] by William Shakespeare
  5. The air hath got into my deadly wounds, And much effuse of blood doth make me faint.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  6. Effuse , very loosely branched and spreading.
    — from The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
  7. EFFUSE, growth thin, veily, unusually spreading.
    — from The Fundamentals of Bacteriology by Charles Bradfield Morrey
  8. Shell with from 7 to 8 simple foliated varices; body whorl with three brown bands; aperture effuse, tinged with rosey; umbelicus very large.
    — from Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
  9. Aperture effuse, longitudinal, linear, without teeth, entire at the base: pillar smooth.
    — from The Naturalist's Repository, Volume 1 (of 5)or Monthly Miscellany of Exotic Natural History: etc. etc. by E. (Edward) Donovan
  10. Shell small, cylindrical, sub-effuse, distinctly marked by regular long
    — from Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 1 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
  11. "Jimmy is now going to effuse about Professor Herman Brierly.
    — from Death Points a Finger by Will Levinrew
  12. I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
    — from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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