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effluviate

effluviate verb: to give off effluvium (noxious smell).

Verb

effluviate (third-person singular simple present effluviates, present participle effluviating, simple past and past participle effluviated)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To give off effluvium (noxious smell)
    • an effluviating power1685, Robert Boyle, An Essay of the Great Effects of Even Languid and Unheeded Motion

Forms of effluviate

third-person singular presenteffluviates
present participleeffluviating
past participleeffluviated
pasteffluviated

Questions about effluviate

What does effluviate mean?
Effluviate means to give off effluvium (noxious smell).
What part of speech is effluviate?
Effluviate is a verb.
What is the past tense of effluviate?
The past tense of effluviate is effluviated.

Words near effluviate in the dictionary

  1. effluves
  2. effluvia
  3. effluviable
  4. effluvial
  5. effluviant
  6. effluviate
  7. effluviated
  8. effluviates
  9. effluviating
  10. effluviography
  11. effluvious

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