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verb
To burst into bloom; to flower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: obsolete except figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Senses relating to chemistry.
Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Senses relating to chemistry.
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Senses relating to chemistry.
Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: encrust, incrust
verb
come into or as if into flower
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: burst forth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bloom, blossom, flower
verb
assume crystalline form; become crystallized
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: crystallize, crystalize, crystalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solidify
Narrower terms: devitrify
History
From Latin efflōrēscere, present active infinitive of efflōrēscō (“to bloom, blossom; to flourish”) + -ere (suffix forming infinitives). Efflōrēscō is derived from ef- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + flōrēscō (“to blossom, flower; to begin to flourish or prosper”) (from flōreō (“to bloom, blossom, flower; to flourish, prosper”) (from flōs (“blossom, flower”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh3- (“bloom, flower”)) + -scō (suffix forming verbs having the sense of beginning something)). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin flor- + -esce.
Across languages
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