effloresce

== English == === Etymology === From Latin efflōrēscere, present active infinitive of efflōrēscō (“to bloom, blossom; to flourish”) + -ere (suffix forming infinitives). Efflōrēscō is derived from ef- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + flōrēscō (“to blossom, flower; to begin to flourish or prosper”) (from flōreō (“to bloom, blossom, flower; to flourish, prosper”) (from flōs (“blossom, flower”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”)) + -scō (suffix forming verbs having the sense of beginning something)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛfləˈɹɛs/, /-flɒ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛfləˈɹɛs/ Hyphenation: ef‧flor‧esce === Verb === effloresce (third-person singular simple present effloresces, present participle efflorescing, simple past and past participle effloresced) (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power. (intransitive, chemistry) Senses relating to chemistry. Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization. Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form. Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2). ==== Related terms ==== efflorescence efflorescent ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === efflorescence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Verb === efflōrēsce second-person singular present active imperative of efflōrēscō