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effumes

effumes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of effume.

Meaning of effume

Verb

effume (third-person singular simple present effumes, present participle effuming, simple past and past participle effumed)

  1. (obsolete) To breathe or puff out.
    • I can make this dog take as many whiffes as I liſt, and he ſhall retaine or efume them at my pleaſure.1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act III, scene i...

Questions about effumes

What is effumes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Effumes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of effume.

Words near effumes in the dictionary

  1. effumability
  2. effumation
  3. effumations
  4. effume
  5. effumed
  6. effumes
  7. effuming
  8. effund
  9. effunded
  10. effunding
  11. effunds

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