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Effervesce
//ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz. intransitive
"After some remonstrances, she takes up a champagne bottle, but is frightened by the sudden explosion of the cork, and drops it upon the floor. There the untasted liquor effervesces."
- 2 become bubbly or frothy or foaming wordnet
- 3 To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles. intransitive
- 4 To show high spirits. figuratively, intransitive
Etymology
From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”).
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