Efface
Ef•face´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effaced p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing ] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face, and cf. Deface.]
1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
"Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received." Bacon.
Syn. — To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. — Efface, Deface. To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.

Effacement
Ef•face´ment, n. [Cf. F. effacement.] The act if effacing; also the result of the act.

Effascinate
Ef•fas´ci•nate, v. t. [L. effascinare.] To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood.

Effascination
Ef•fas•ci•na´tion, n. [L. effascinatio.] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]

Effect
Ef•fect´, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact.]
1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as the law goes into effect in May.
"That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it." Shak.
2. Manifestation; expression; sign.
"All the large effects That troop with majesty." Shak.
3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as the effect of luxury.
"The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause." Whewell.
4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
"Patchwork … introduced for oratorical effect." J. C. Shairp.
"The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place." W. Irving.
5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as to speak with effect.
6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; — with to.
"They spake to her to that effect." 2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.
7. The purport; the sum and substance. "The effect of his intent." Chaucer.
8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
"No other in effect than what it seems." Denham.
9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; — sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as the people escaped from the town with their effects. For effect, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. — In effect, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. — Of no effect, Of none effect, To no effect, or Without effect, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition." Mark vii. 13. "All my study be to no effect." Shak. — To give effect to, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. — To take effect, to become operative, to accomplish aims. Shak.
Syn. — Effect, Consequence, Result. These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results.
"Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme." Cowper.
"Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, … thou shalt die." Milton.

Effect
Ef•fect´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb. n. Effecting.]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
"So great a body such exploits to effect." Daniel.
2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
"To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed." Bp. Hurd.
"They sailed away without effecting their purpose." Jowett (Th. ).
Syn. — To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See Accomplish.

Effectible
Ef•fect´i•ble, a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.

Effection
Ef•fec´tion, n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.] Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Effective
Ef•fect´ive, a. [L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.] Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
"They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them." Bacon.
"Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal." Jer. Taylor.
Syn. — Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See Effectual.

Effective
Ef•fect´ive, n.
1. That which produces a given effect; a cause. Jer. Taylor.
2. One who is capable of active service.
"He assembled his army — 20,000 effectives — at Corinth." W. P. Johnston.
3. [F. effectif real, effective, real amount.] (Com.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; — a term used in many parts of Europe. Simmonds.

Effective
Ef•fect´ive, n. The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as France’s effective.

Effectively
Ef•fect´ive•ly, adv. With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.

Effectiveness
Ef•fect´ive•ness, n. The quality of being effective.

Effectless
Ef•fect´less, a. Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. — Ef•fect´less•ly, adv.

Effector
Ef•fect´or, n. [L.] An effecter. Derham.

Effectual
Ef•fec´tu•al ( 135), a. [See Effect, n. ] Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. Shak.
"Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion." Macaulay. Effectual calling (Theol.), a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, — one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism.
Syn. — Effectual, Efficacious, Effective. An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves effective if it does decided good, effectual if it does all the good desired. C. J. Smith.

Effectualness
Ef•fec´tu•al•ness, n. The quality of being effectual.

Effectuate
Ef•fec´tu•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effectuated p. pr. & vb. n. Effectuating.] [Cf. F. effectuer. See Effect, n. & v. t.] To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.
"A fit instrument to effectuate his desire." Sir P. Sidney.
"In order to effectuate the thorough reform." G. T. Curtis.

Effectuously
Ef•fec´tu•ous•ly, adv. Effectively. [Obs.]

Effeminacy
Ef•fem´i•na•cy, n. ; pl. Effeminacies (#). [From Effeminate.] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; — used reproachfully of men. Milton.

Effeminately
Ef•fem´i•nate•ly, adv.
1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay." Fawkes.
2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.] "Effeminately vanquished." Milton.

Effeminateness
Ef•fem´i•nate•ness, n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.

Effemination
Ef•fem•i•na´tion, n. [L. effeminatio.] Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.] Bacon.

Effeminize
Ef•fem´i•nize, v. t. To make effeminate. [Obs.]

Effendi
Ef•fen´di, n. [Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr., fr. Gr. a chief. See Authentic.] Master; sir; — a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.

Effendi
Ef•fen´di, n. , [Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr., fr. Gr. a chief. See Authentic.] Master; sir; — a Turkish title of respect, applied esp. to a state official or man of learning, as one learned in the law, but often simply as the courtesy title of a gentleman.

Efferous
Ef´fer•ous, a. [L. efferus savage; ex (intens.) + ferus wild.] Like a wild beast; fierce. [Obs.]

Effervesce
Ef•fer•vesce´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Effervesced p. pr. & vb. n. Effervescing ] [L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See Fervent.]
1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.
2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as to effervesce with joy or merriment. { Ef•fer•ves´cence, Ef•fer•ves´cen•cy } n. [Cf. F. effervescence.] A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

Effervescible
Ef•fer•ves´ci•ble, a. Capable of effervescing.

Effervescive
Ef•fer•ves´cive, a. Tending to produce effervescence. "An effervescive force." Hickok.

Effet
Ef´fet, n. [See Eft, n. ] (Zoöl.) The common newt; — called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.

Efficacy
Ef´fi•ca•cy, n. [L. efficacia, fr. efficax. See Efficacious.] Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. "Of noxious efficacy." Milton.
Syn. — Virtue; force; energy; potency; efficiency. { Ef•fi´cience, Ef•fi´cien•cy } n. [L. efficientia.]
1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
"The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us." Hooker.
2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Rankine. Efficiency of a heat engine, the ratio of the work done by an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.

Efficiently
Ef•fi´cient•ly, adv. With effect; effectively.

Effierce
Ef•fierce´, v. t. [Pref. ex- (intens.) + fierce.] To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Effigial
Ef•fig´i•al, a. Relating to an effigy.

Effigiate
Ef•fig´i•ate, v. t. [L. effigiatus, p. p. of effigiare to form, fr. effigies. See Effigy.] To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.
"[He must] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances." Jer. Taylor.

Effigies
Ef•fig´i•es, n. [L.] See Effigy. Dryden.

Efflate
Ef•flate´, v. t. [L. efflatus, p. p. of efflare to blow or breathe out; ex + flare to blow.] To fill with breath; to puff up. Sir T. Herbert.

Efflation
Ef•fla´tion, n. The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.
"A soft efflation of celestial fire." Parnell.

Effloresce
Ef•flo•resce´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Effloresced p. pr. & vb. n. Efflorescing ] [L. efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See Flower.]
1. To blossom forth. Carlyle.
2. (Chem.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as Glauber’s salts, and many others, effloresce.
3. To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.

Efflorescency
Ef•flo•res´cen•cy, n. The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

Efflorescent
Ef•flo•res´cent, a. [F. efflorescent, L. efflorescens, -entis, blooming, p. pr. of efflorescere. See Effloresce, v. i.]
1. That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as an efflorescent salt.
2. Covered with an efflorescence.

Effluence
Ef´flu•ence, n. [Cf. F. effluence.]
1. A flowing out, or emanation.
2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.
"Bright effluence of bright essence increate!" Milton.
"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.

Effluency
Ef´flu•en•cy, n. Effluence.

Effluent
Ef´flu•ent, a. [L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent. See Fluent.] Flowing out; as effluent beams. Parnell.

Effluent
Ef´flu•ent, n. (Geog.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Effluviable
Ef•flu´vi•a•ble, a. Capable of being given off as an effluvium. "Effluviable matter." Boyle.

Effluvial
Ef•flu´vi•al, a. Belonging to effluvia.

Effluviate
Ef•flu´vi•ate, v. i. To give forth effluvium. [R.] "An effluviating power." Boyle.

Effluvium
Ef•flu´vi•um, n. ; pl. Effluvia (#). [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a. ] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.

Effluxion
Ef•flux´ion, n. [From Efflux.]
1. The act of flowing out; effusion.
2. That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.
"Some light effluxions from spirit to spirit." Bacon.

Efforce
Ef•force, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Efforced p. pr. & vb. n. Efforcing ] [OF. esforcier (F. s’efforcer to exert one’s self), LL. exforciare; L. ex + fortis strong. See Force.] To force; to constrain; to compel to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.

Efformation
Ef•for•ma´tion, n. The act of giving shape or form. [Obs.] Ray.

Effort
Ef´fort, n. [F. effort, OF. esfort, for esfors, esforz, fr. esforcier. See Efforce.]
1. An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as an effort to scale a wall.
"We prize the stronger effort of his power." Pope.
2. (Mech.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. Rankine.
Syn. — Endeavor; exertion; struggle; strain; straining; attempt; trial; essay. See Attempt.

Effort
Ef´fort, v. t. To stimulate. [Obs.] "He efforted his spirits." Fuller.

Effortless
Ef´fort•less, a. Making no effort. Southey.

Effossion
Ef•fos´sion, n. [L. effossio. See Effodient.] A digging out or up. [R.] "The effossion of coins." Arbuthnot.

Effray
Ef•fray´, v. t. [F. effrayer. See Affray.] To frighten; to scare. [Obs.] Spenser.

Effrenation
Ef•fre•na´tion, n. [L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle.] Unbridled license; unruliness. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Effront
Ef•front´, v. t. To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Effrontery
Ef•front´er•y, n. ; pl. Effronteries (#). [F. effronterie, fr. effronte shameless, fr. L. effrons, - ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
"Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery." Bancroft.
Syn. — Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.

Effrontuously
Ef•fron´tu•ous•ly ( 135), adv. Impudently. [Obs.] R. North.

Effulge
Ef•fulge´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effulged p. pr. & vb. n. Effulging ] [L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See Fulgent.] To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.]
"His eyes effulging a peculiar fire." Thomson.

Effulge
Ef•fulge´, v. i. To shine forth; to beam.

Effulgence
Ef•ful´gence, n. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
"The effulgence of his glory abides." Milton.
"The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn." Beattie.

Effulgent
Ef•ful´gent, a. [L. effulgens, -entis, p. pr. of effulgere.] Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid. "Effulgent rays of light." Cowper.

Effulgently
Ef•ful´gent•ly, adv. In an effulgent manner.

Effumability
Ef•fu•ma•bil´i•ty, n. The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.] Boyle.

Effume
Ef•fume´, v. t. [L. effumare to emit smoke; ex + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke.] To breathe or puff out. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Effund
Ef•fund´, v. t. [L. effundere. See Effuse.] To pour out. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Effusion
Ef•fu´sion, n. [L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.]
1. The act of pouring out; as effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
"To save the effusion of my people’s blood." Dryden.
2. That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
"Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow." Eikon Basilike.
"The light effusions of a heedless boy." Byron.
3. (Pathol.) (a) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface. (b) The liquid escaping or exuded.

Effusive
Ef•fu´sive, a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. — Ef•fu´sive•ly, adv. — Ef•fu´sive•ness, n.

Efreet
Ef´reet, n. See Afrit.