Antonyms for effloresce

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ef-luh-res

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛf ləˈrɛs

Definition of effloresce

Origin : "to come into flower," 1775, from Latin efflorescere "to blossom, spring up, flourish, abound," from ex "out" (see ex-) + florescere "to blossom," from flos (see flora).

verb bloom

Example sentences :

Somewhere at the foot of his brain, an understanding was beginning to effloresce with the sea's water, under the sun.
Extract from : « The Jewels of Aptor » by Samuel R. Delany

Love of a kind there was, but it was too matter-of-fact and practical in its nature to effloresce into sentimentality.
Extract from : « Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Burleigh James Bartlett

In that time they begin to effloresce, and to throw out a reddish matter on their surface.
Extract from : « Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. » by Pierre Joseph Macquer

Unlike the generality of ugly heroines, you will not see me develop and effloresce into beauty toward the end of my story.
Extract from : « Nancy » by Rhoda Broughton

Do I, from scholar, effloresce into literary man, author by profession?
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849 » by Various

The crystals may be purchased pure, but they effloresce in dry air with loss of water.
Extract from : « A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. » by Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

But the broad principles will effloresce into all manner of perfectnesses and all fruits.
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

Synonyms for effloresce

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