efflux

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EF'FLUX, noun [Latin effluxus, from effluo, to flow out.] 1. The act of flowing out, or issuing in a stream; as an efflux of matter from an ulcer. 2. Effusion; flow; as the first efflux of men's piety. 3. That which flows out; emanation. Light--efflux divine. EFFLUX', verb intransitive To run or flow away. [Not used.]
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