† effluviatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To throw off (in a stream) small particles or corpuscles; also absol.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of intangible things or particles from an object
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > effluvia
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1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 57 Camphire which spends itself by continually effluviating its own Component Particles.
1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 186 Camphire, which spends itself by continually effluviating its own Particles.
2. intransitive. Of the corpuscles themselves: to pass off in a stream.
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1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 103 The Stars and Planets with their Luminous and Vaporous Sphæres continually effluviating from them.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 159 Bodies that effluviate intrinsecally from themselves.
Derivatives
eˈffluviating adj.
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1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 53 in Ess. Effects Motion The various effluviating Bodies.
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