efflux

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin effluere: to flow.

[edit] Noun

Singular
efflux

Plural
effluxes

efflux (plural effluxes)

  1. The process of flowing out.
    We all age through the efflux of time.
    The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.
  2. That which has flowed out.
    The efflux of a boil is yuk!

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[edit] Translations

Process of flowing out
That which has flowed out
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to efflux

Third person singular
effluxes

Simple past
effluxed

Past participle
effluxed

Present participle
effluxing

to efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed)

  1. To run out.
    When three years efflux, the claim will have prescribed.
  2. To flow forth.
  3. (obsolete) To pass away.
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