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erupt, v.|ɪˈrʌpt|
[f. L. ērupt- ppl. stem of ērumpĕre to break out, burst forth: see erumpent. The transitive senses have been developed under the influence of the n. eruption.]
1. intr. To burst forth in the process of growth. Now only of the teeth: To break through the skin of the gums.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 223 Its roots..from which some sprigs erupt. 1878L. P. Meredith Teeth 44 Sometimes the process of absorption in the roots of the temporary teeth fails to be brought about, and the permanent teeth erupt in front of or behind them.
b. trans. To force (teeth) through the gums.
1859J. Tomes Dental Surg. 53 The incisors and first temporary molars have been erupted. 1883W. Whitehouse in Standard 25 Jan. 6/3 The four teeth stated to have been extracted never were erupted.
2. intr. Of a volcano, geyser, etc.: To break out in eruption, be in a state of eruption. (Perhaps often felt as an absol. use of 2 b.). Also of volcanic masses or showers: To burst forth.
1770Hamilton Soil Naples in Phil. Trans. LXI. 12 Strabo, Dio, Vitruvius, all agree, that Vesuvius, in their time, shewed signs of having formerly erupted. 1786Ibid. LXXVI. 379 Suppose Mount Etna to have ceased erupting for many ages. 1861E. T. Holland in Peaks, Passes & Glac. Ser. ii. I 10 A treatment under which this fountain can generally be made to erupt. 1866Ansted in Intell. Observ. No, 52. 270 The showers continued to erupt. 1879Le Conte Elem. Geol. 81 Volcanoes which have not been known to erupt during historic times are said to be extinct.
fig.1881W. Simpson in Academy 8 Jan. 22/5 Our modern Proteus..‘erupts’ in an entirely new direction.
b. trans. Of a volcano, geyser, or any subterranean force: To throw out in an eruption.
1769Hamilton Etna in Phil. Trans. LX. 17 I found, with respect to the matter erupted, nothing on Mount Etna that Vesuvius does not produce. 1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 183 The volcanic rocks of Tuscany..have been chiefly erupted beneath the sea.
3. intr. Of a river: To burst forth.
1864S. F. Surtees Waifs & Strays N. Humber Hist. 86 The Don..erupts into what has evidently been a large inland lake.
Hence eˈrupted, eˈrupting ppl. a.
1769Hamilton Etna in Phil. Trans. LX. 17 A much greater variety in the erupted matter and lavas. 1797Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. (ed. 2) IV. xciv. 293 The erupting floods of fire. 1824Blackw. Mag. XVI. 704 Visions of erupted embers. 1870Proctor Other Worlds i. 17 note, Vomited forth by the erupting mountain. |