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To bubble and hiss (as of fermenting liquors or carbonated water). Also: To exhibit (as in speech or action) almost unrestrainable enthusiasm or happy emotion.

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Usage examples (30)
  • Verb (used without object), : The parents effervesced with pride over their new baby
  • Stir soda into milk until it effervesces and then add to flour.
  • We also developed a tablet that effervesces when dropped in the bath.
  • There are comedies, too, and you have the wit to see them, and in these Beachcombing expeditions expectation, fairly effervesces.
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