Definition of Effulge

1. v. t. To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.

2. v. i. To shine forth; to beam.

Definition of Effulge

1. Verb. to radiate, shine or beam ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effulge

1. to shine forth [v -FULGED, -FULGING, -FULGES]

Medical Definition of Effulge

1. To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. "His eyes effulging a peculiar fire." (Thomson) Origin: L. Effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See Fulgent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effulge

effraide
effranchise
effranchised
effray
effrayable
effrays
effront
effronted
effronteries
effrontery
effronting
effrontit
effronts
effrontuously
effs
effulge (current term)
effulged
effulgence
effulgences
effulgent
effulgently
effulges
effulging
effumability
effume
effumed
effumes
effuming
effund
effunded

Literary usage of Effulge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"... but lo ! and bebo'd this apparition did effulge ш Ли very Annual, and by her Hdt, it must be confessed, ..."

2. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"Summer, 1519 (the New English Dictionary gives no instance of "effulge" before 1729, — Thomson's Britannia and Savage's Wanderer); Autumn, 25 (also Winter, ..."

3. The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson by James Thomson, James Logie Robertson (1908)
"Light flashed to light, Moral or intellectual, more intense By giving glows—as, on pure winter's eve, 360 Gradual the stars effulge; fainter, at first, ..."

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