Verb (used without object), : The parents effervesced with pride over their new baby. From Dictionary.com.
Stir soda into milk until it effervesces and then add to flour. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Crisco] Reference
We also developed a tablet that effervesces when dropped in the bath. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Jacuzzis] Reference
There are comedies, too, and you have the wit to see them, and in these Beachcombing expeditions expectation, fairly effervesces. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
But would she have been so emphatic had she lived to witness the printing-presses spouting forth that frothy flood which effervesces round the more serious writings of to-day?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
The hardness of 3 (it is readily scratched with a knife), the specific gravity of 2.72, and the fact that it effervesces briskly in contact with cold dilute acids are also characters of determinative value. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Now and then he effervesces rather too exuberantly. From Wordnik.com. [Born in Exile] Reference
If the solution effervesces too strongly, dilute it. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
"But it's nothing to the way Belle effervesces all over the place!". From Wordnik.com. [Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby] Reference
Anderson book and lyrics, effervesces like a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Real faith effervesces; it shoots forth in every direction; it communicates itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Feast of St. Friend] Reference
The earth then effervesces with acids, and can only be converted into glass by the greatest force of fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
Natron in Egypt, it becomes dry and hard in the sun, and is the soda which effervesces when vinegar is poured on it. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
The comparison, "vinegar upon nitre," probably means "vinegar upon soda" (as in the marg. of the R.V.), which then effervesces. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
But it is hard to give a conversation in which the salient points are made by a rapid pantomime, which effervesces like champagne. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2] Reference
A gigantic mug of beer effervesces to the atmosphere over a tall building, but the sky is high and has her own stars, why should she heed ours?. From Wordnik.com. [Men, Women and Ghosts] Reference
The illusion and lifelikeness effervesces and exhales out of a picture as it grows old; and we go on talking of a charm that has forever vanished. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
This is not to be wondered at, because the saturated solution of gold effervesces with the alkali, which does not take place with the solution of silver. From Wordnik.com. [Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2] Reference
It is the custom to make cups of them, and in India it is said, that liquid poison poured into them, effervesces in such a manner that it overflows the cup. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
Slide 23: • nonmetallic • vitreous, pearly • colorless, white, gray, reddish-white, brownish - white • white streak • 3.5 - 4 hardness • effervesces in HCl. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Having thus said, she sprinkles his blood with odoriferous nectar, which, touched by it, effervesces, just as the transparent bubbles are wont to rise in rainy weather. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
The idleness which rusts quiet minds effervesces in fiery spirits pent up together; and the loiterers in the environs of a court, surfeiting with peace, were quick at quarrel. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions] Reference
Take two tablespoonfuls of the syrup and stir in a goblet two-thirds filled with ice-water, then add a quarter of a teaspoonful of carb of soda; stir until it effervesces, and drink immediately. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Housewife's Counsellor and Friend: Containing Directions in Every Department of Housekeeping. Including the Duties of Wife and Mother] Reference
It is Carnival in New Orleans; a brilliant Tuesday in February, when the very air effervesces an ozone intensely exhilarating -- of a nature half spring, half winter -- to make one long to cut capers. From Wordnik.com. [Violets and Other Tales] Reference
This love cannot be divided; for if it be it becomes a heat which effervesces and passes away. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love] Reference
(Maggie always effervesces.). From Wordnik.com. [statesman.com - Highschool] Reference
Everybody effervesces some time. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
There the untasted liquor effervesces. From Wordnik.com. [Mosses from an Old Manse] Reference
But no, nothing effervesces. From Wordnik.com. [This Blog Sits at the] Reference
It rushes, billows, effervesces, whispers, rages, pearls, dances. From Wordnik.com. [Hansa Latrava Faucet by Octopus Design] Reference
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