'Effluence' definitions:
Definition of 'effluence'
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Definition of 'Effluence'
From: GCIDE
- Effluence \Ef"flu*ence\, n. [Cf. F. effluence.]
- 1. A flowing out, or emanation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux. [1913 Webster]
- Bright effluence of bright essence increate! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]