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Effervesce v. i. (past & past part. effervesced; pres. part. effervescing)

To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.

To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

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Etymology of 'Effervescing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Effervescing" Quotes from Famous Books

... is on everybody's lips. But for the blank verse of "Paradise Lost" there is only "audience fit, though few"; and as for the music of prose, so little is it understood that critics vaguely aware of it had to invent the term "prose poet" when they found the stress of passion and imagination effervescing into resonant utterance. On the other hand, there are those who do not acknowledge Pope as a poet. The essence of the long-standing quarrel is a confusion. From the point of view of form there is only one kind of writer to be recognised—the artist in words. Of him there are two varieties: ...

— Without Prejudice • Israel Zangwill

... de Cologne, digestive Pastilles de Vichy, and various foreign articles of Pharmacy. E.H.D. and Co. are the only agents for the Copahine-Mege, and for J. Jourdain, Mege and Co.'s Dragees Minerales and Dragees Carboniques for effervescing lemonade, and also for their Pilules Carboniques, preventive of sea sickness and vomitings ...

— The Economist - Volume 1, No. 3 • Various

... I forget that summer evening near Brandhoek. Roake, effervescing as always with droll wit, and Humfrey, with his natural cheerfulness and affability, made me at home in their little hut at once. I can well recall the scene: a tiny little wooden hut at the edge of a large field; the wall ...

— At Ypres with Best-Dunkley • Thomas Hope Floyd

... things have taken, and proud at the volley of invitations, De Lara accepts; and soon the vintage of France is seen effervescing from a dozen tall glasses, and the Monte dealer stands drinking in the midst of ...

— The Flag of Distress - A Story of the South Sea • Mayne Reid