| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| efface | verb t. | To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin., To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. |
| effect | noun | Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May., Manifestation; expression; sign., In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury., Impression left on the mind; sensation produced., Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect., Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; — with to., The purport; the sum and substance., Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance., Goods; movables; personal estate; — sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects., To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be., To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish. |
| effete | adjective | No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. |
| effigy | noun | The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; — commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits. |
| efflux | noun | The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men’s piety., That which flows out; emanation; effluence., To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. |
| efform | verb t. | To form; to shape. |
| effort | noun | An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall., A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion., To stimulate. |
| effray | verb t. | To frighten; to scare. |
| effume | verb t. | To breathe or puff out. |
| effund | verb t. | To pour out. |
| effuse | adjective | Poured out freely; profuse., Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal., Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence., Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; — said of certain shells., Effusion; loss., To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed., To emanate; to issue. |
| efreet | noun | See Afrit. |