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effuming

effuming is the present participle and gerund 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 effuming

What is effuming the present participle and gerund of?
Effuming is the present participle and gerund of effume.

Words near effuming in the dictionary

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

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