| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| effervesce |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ef·fer·vesce |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   f  r-vs |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ef·fer·vesced, ef·fer·vesc·ing, ef·fer·vesc·es
1. To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid. 2. To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up. 3. To show high spirits or animation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin efferv scere : ex-, up, out; see ex– + fervscere, to start boiling, inchoative of fervre, to boil; see bhreu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | effer·vescence, effer·vescen·cy —NOUN
effer·vescent —ADJECTIVE
effer·vescent·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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