• EFA
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a small, diminutive person
• EFACT!
int. 1680 obs. – a mild oath
• EFEGS!
int. M17 – a mild exclamation
• EFFABLE
adj. 1. 1637 obs. – of sounds, letters, etc.: that can be pronounced
adj. 2. 1668 – that can be expressed or described in words
• EFFABULE
vb. c1600 obs. rare – to fable, to invent a story, etc.
• EFFACINATE
vb. 1616 obs. – to fascinate, to bewitch
• EFFAMISH
vb. a1603 obs. rare – to famish
• EFF AND BLIND
vb. 1943 sl. – to swear strongly or continuously
• EFFASCINABLE
adj. 1660 obs. rare – susceptible to enchantment
• EFFASCINATE
vb. 1616 obs. – to charm, bewitch, enchant
• EFFASCINATION
n. 1624 obs. – fascination
• EFFATE
n. 1678 obs. – a saying, dictum, maxim
• EFFATUATE
adj. 1600 obs. – infatuated, besotted
vb. 1630 obs. – to besot, to render dull or stupid
• EFFATUM
n. 1650 – a saying, dictum, maxim
• EFFECT
n. 1. c1450 obs. – an outward manifestation, sign, token, symptom; an appearance, phenomenon
n. 2. 1602 obs. – something which is attained or acquired by an action
n. 3. 1606 obs. – practical reality, fact, as opposed to name or appearance
vb. 1. c1590 obs. – to fulfil a promise
vb. 2. 1592 obs. – to have an effect, to be effectual; to accomplish its purpose
vb. 3. 1791 rare – to make, to construct
• EFFECTER
n. 1635 obs. – a maker, a creator
• EFFECTFULL
adj. 1555 obs. – effectual
• EFFECTION
n. 1. 1430 obs. – fabrication, formation, production
n. 2. 1652 obs. – accomplishment, performance
• EFFECTISM
n. 1871 nonce word – affected behaviour
• EFFECTIVATE
vb. 1717 Sc. – to render effective; to effectuate
• EFFECTRESS
n. 1601 obs. – a female maker or creator
• EFFECTUABLE
adj. 1611 obs. rare – that can be effectuated; feasible
• EFFECTUAL
adj. 1593 obs. – to the point, pertinent, conclusive
• EFFECTUALLY
adv. 1. 1583 obs. – pertinently, to the purpose, explicitly
adv. 2. c1600 obs. – in fact, in reality
• EFFECTUOUS
adj. c1400 obs. – efficacious, effective
• EFFECTUOUSLY
adv. 1. a1400 obs. – effectively, with powerful effect
adv. 2. 1533 obs. – urgently, earnestly
• EFFECTUOUSNESS
n. 1686 obs. rare – efficacy
• EFFEEBLE
vb. 1571 obs. – to enfeeble
• EFFEEBLISH
vb. 1570-80 obs. – to enfeeble
• EFFEEBLISHMENT
n. 1540 obs. – weakening
• EFFEIR
n. 1. 1375 arch. – affair; a ’cause’
n. 2. 1375 arch. – appearance, bearing; show, pomp and circumstance; ceremony
vb. 1. 1513 Sc. obs. rare – to frighten
vb. 2. 1552 Sc. obs. rare – to fear, to be afraid of
vb. 3. 1631 Sc. obs. – to pertain to, to fall by right, to be proper or fit
vb. 4. 1705 Sc. – to be becoming, appropriate, to pertain, relate, correspond
• EFFEIRS
n. 1500-20 arch. – phenomena, properties
• EFFEMINATE
adj. 1. 1594 obs. – gentle, tender, compassionate
adj. 2. 1652 obs. – physically weak, delicate
adj. 3. 1674 obs. – of music, odours, etc.: soft, voluptuous
vb. 1678 obs. rare – to make into a woman; to represent as a woman
• EFFEMININE
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – effeminate
• EFFEMINIZE
vb. c1612 rare – to render effeminate or womanish in character or appearance
• EFFER
vb. 1606 obs. rare – to bring forth; to give off; to produce
• EFFERATE
adj. 1684 obs. rare – fierce, harsh, morose
vb. 1658 obs. – to render fierce or harsh
• EFFERATION
n. 1684 obs. rare – irritating action
• EFFERE
adj. 1586 obs. rare – excessively wild or fierce
n. 1553 Sc. obs. rare – fear
• EFFEROUS
adj. 1614 obs. rare – extremely wild, fierce, or savage; cruel, ferocious, violent
• EFFERVENCY
n. 1670 obs. – the condition of being overheated, of issuing forth in a heated state
• EFFERVESCE
vb. 1866 rare – to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively
• EFFERVESCENCE
n. 1748 – excitement
• EFFERVESCENCY
n. 1767 – excitement
• EFFERVESCENT
adj. 1833 – vivacious, enthusiastic, cheerful
• EFFERVESCIBLE
adj. 1866 – ready to effervesce, excited
• EFFET
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a newt, eft, lizard
• EFFETE
adj. 1. 1660 obs. – of animals: that has ceased to bring forth offspring
adj. 2. 1662 – worn out, not in good condition
adj. 3. 1790 – incapable of efficient action; ineffective
• EFFETENESS
n. 1862 – exhaustion, worn-out condition
• EFFICABLE
adj. 1607 obs. rare – efficacious, effective
• EFFICACE
adj. a1500 obs. – that produces the intended or appropriate effect; effective
n. 1. a1225 obs. – efficacy
n. 2. a1491 obs. – effect, result, consequence
n. 3. 1678 obs. – active duty
• EFFICACIOUS
adj. 1528 – that produces the intended or appropriate effect; effective
• EFFICACIOUSLY
adv. 1647 – effectively
• EFFICACIOUSNESS
n. 1630 – effectiveness
• EFFICACITY
n. 1430-50 – effectiveness, efficacy
• EFFICACY
n. 1527 – power or capacity to produce effects
• EFFICIATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare – to effect, to bring about
• EFFICIENCE
n. 1. 1669 arch. – the exercise of efficient power; causative or productive activity; productiveness
n. 2. 1865 arch. – effectiveness, efficacy
• EFFICIENCIARY
adj. 1649 obs. rare – pert. to executive action
• EFFICTION
n. 1656 obs. rare – ‘an expressing or representing’
• EFFIERCE
vb. 1596 obs. rare – to render fierce, to madden
• EFFIGIAL
adj. 1715 rare – of the nature of an effigy
• EFFIGIATE
vb. 1608 rare – to present a likeness of; to portray, to represent by a picture or sculpture
• EFFIGIATION
n. c1535 – the act of fashioning or of representing; a likeness, representation
• EFFIGIES
n. 1600 arch. – a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind; now superseded by ‘effigy’
vb. 1652 obs. nonce word – to portray, to picture
• EFFIGIUM
n. 1564 obs. rare – a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind
• EFFIGURE
vb. 1486 obs. rare – to put into shape
• EFFINGE
vb. 1657 obs. – to fashion, to shape
• EFFIRM
vb. 1549 Sc. obs. – to assert the existence of
• EFFLAGITATE
vb. 1641 obs. rare – to demand eagerly; to desire eagerly
• EFFLAGRATION
n. 1811 rare – emission of flames
• EFFLATE
vb. 1634 obs. rare – to puff out
• EFFLATION
n. 1578- blowing out, strong expulsion of breath
• EFFLORESCE
vb. 1834- to come to the surface, to become manifest; to be disclosed or revealed
• EFFLORESCENCE
n. 1. 1646 obs. – colour developed on the skin, either in the ordinary course of nature, or as the result of disease
n. 2. 1672 – a flourishing condition
• EFFLORESCENCY
n. 1649 obs. rare – a flourishing condition
• EFFLOWER
vb. c1420 obs. rare – of a plant: to go out of bloom
• EFFLUOUS
adj. 1656 obs. – that runs or flows out
• EFFLUX
n. 1647 – the lapse, passing away of time, or of a particular period; hence, expiry, end
• EFFLUXION
n. 1. 1621 – the lapse or passing away of time; the expiry or completion of a certain period
n. 2. 1643 – an abortion
• EFFOCATE
vb. 1656 obs. – to choke, to strangle
• EFFOCK
n. 1790 Eng. dial.- a newt, eft, lizard
• EFFODE
vb. 1612 obs. rare – to dig out of the ground, to dig up
• EFFODIATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare – to dig out of the ground, to dig up
• EFFODICATE
vb. 1599 obs. rare – to dig out of the ground, to dig up .
• EFFODIENT
adj. 1847 rare – digging, accustomed to dig
• EFFOLIATE
vb. 1671 obs. rare – to open into leaf
• EFFOLIATION
n. 1671 obs. rare – removal of leaves
• EFFORCE
n. 1549 obs. rare – a violent means
vb. 1. 1512 obs. – to force oneself, to make an effort
vb. 2. 1596 – to force open, to gain by force, to compel
• EFFORCED
adj. 1596 – uttered with effort
• EFFORE
prep. 1535 obs. – afore
• EFFORM
vb. 1578 – to make into a certain form; to shape, to fashion
• EFFORMATION
n. 1578 obs. – formation, framing, shaping
• EFFORMATIVE
adj. 1647 obs. – formative, tending to form
• EFFORT
n. 1490 obs. – power
vb. 1662 obs. – to strengthen, to fortify
• EFFOSSION
n. 1657 obs. rare – the act of digging out of the ground
• EFFRACTED
adj. 1657 obs. rare – broken off
• EFFRACTION
n. 1840 – breaking open a house; burglary
• EFFRAY
n. 1. 1375 obs. – fear, terror
n. 2. 1375 obs. – an affray
vb. 1. 1375 obs. – to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare
vb. 2. 1485 obs. – to feel fear of; to fear
vb. 3. 1588 obs. – to keep off by frightening; to scare
• EFFRAYABLE
adj. 1689 obs. rare – capable of producing fright or alarm; frightful, dreadful
• EFFRAYANT
adj. 1872 – frightful, alarming
• EFFRAYED
adj. 1553 obs. – frightened, shaking with fear
• EFFRAYEDLY
adv. 1375 obs. – in an alarmed manner, as men do who are alarmed
• EFFRAYIT
adj. 1827 Sc. – frightened
• EFFRENABLE
adj. 1621 obs. rare – incapable of restraint, violently rebellious
• EFFRENATE
adj. 1. 1561 obs. – of passions: unbridled, ungovernable
adj. 2. 1657 obs. – of drugs: violent in action
• EFFRENATED
adj. 1586 obs. – unbridled, unruly
• EFFRENATION
n. 1623 obs. – unruliness; a headlong or unbridled rashness or license
• EFFRENOUS
adj. 1657 obs. rare – of drugs: violent in action
• EFFREY’T
adj. 1827 Sc. obs. – frightened
• EFFRINGE
vb. 1657 obs. rare – to break or pound out; to make by pounding
• EFFRONT
vb. 1. 1643 obs. rare – to free from bashfulness
vb. 2. 1649 obs. rare – to put to confusion
• EFFRONTED
adj. 1598 obs. – shameless, barefaced, unblushingly insolent
• EFFRONTEDLY
adv. 1628 obs. – in a barefaced manner; shamelessly
• EFFRONTERIST
n. 1776 obs. nonce word – one who displays effrontery
• EFFRONTUOUS
adj. a1734 obs. rare – characterized by effrontery, impudent
• EFFRONTUOUSLY
adv. a1734 obs. – impudently
• EFFROYABLE
adj. 1689 obs. rare – frightful
• EFFUDE
vb. 1634 obs. – to pour out
• EFFULGE
vb. 1. 1729 poetic usage – to flash forth
vb. 2. 1735 poetic usage – to shine forth brilliantly
• EFFULGENCE
n. 1667 – splendid radiance
• EFFULGENT
adj. 1738 – shining forth brilliantly; resplendent, radiant
• EFFULMINATION
n. a1670 obs. rare – the launching of thunderbolts; a thunderbolt launched; malediction
• EFFUME
vb. 1599 obs. rare – to puff out smoke
• EFFUND
vb. c1420 – to pour out; to shed blood; to pour out the contents of a vessel
• EFFUSCATION
n. 1624 obs. rare – the act of making obscure; a beclouding
• EFFUSE
adj. 1742 obs. or arch. – wide-spreading, overflowing, unrestrained, extravagant, marked by squandering
n. 1593 obs. rare – a pouring out
vb. 1. 1526 obs. – to shed blood
vb. 2. 1682 – to pour out a liquid
• EFFUSION
n. 1. c1400 – a pouring out, a spilling of liquid
n. 2. a1400 obs. poetic usage – of persons: dispersion; rout; of things: confused downfall
n. 3. 1477 obs. – a copious emission of smoke
n. 4. a1500 obs. – shedding of tears
n. 5. 1514 obs. – bounteous donation
n. 6. 1659 – frank and eager expression of emotions; unrestrained utterance of words, sounds, etc.
n. 7. 1878 – enthusiastic demeanour
• EFFUSIVE
adj. 1. 1662 – of emotions, affections, etc.: overflowing, irrepressible; demonstratively expressed
adj. 2. 1725 obs. – that proceeds from a pouring out
• EFFUTIATION
n. 1823 nonce word – twaddle, balderdash, nonsense, humbug
• EFFUTITIOUS
adj. 1867 obs. – foolishly uttered
• EFISC
vb. 1656 obs. rare – to obfuscate, to dim
• EFT
adv. 1. c825 obs. or arch. – a second time, again; back
adv. 2. c1000 obs. or arch. – again, moreover, likewise
adv. 3. c1200 obs. or arch. – afterwards
• EFT AND EFT
adv. 1393 obs. or arch. – again and again
• EFTER-CHAR
n. a1300 obs. rare – return
• EFTERINS
n. 1823 Sc. – final results, consequences
• EFTERLINS
adv. 1915 Sc. – afterwards
• EFTERSOONS
adv. c950 obs. – again; soon after, presently
• EFTEST
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – soonest, quickest, most convenient
• EFTSITH
adv. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – often
• EFT-SITHE
adv. a1300 obs. – another time, once more; also, from time to time, often
vb. c1175 obs. or arch. obs. – to return
• EFT-SITHES
adv. a1300 obs. – another time, once more; also, from time to time, often
• EFTSOON
adv. 1. 950 obs. or arch. – again, moreover, likewise
adv. 2. c1000 obs. or arch. – a second time, again
adv. 3. 1297 obs. or arch. – afterwards, soon afterwards
adv. 4. 1398 obs. or arch. – from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly
• EFTSOONS
adv. 1. 1398 obs. or arch. – from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly
adv. 2. c1400 obs. or arch. – again, moreover, likewise
adv. 3. c1400 obs. or arch. – a second time, again
adv. 4. 1530 obs. or arch. – afterwards, soon afterwards
• EFT-STOOL
n. 1870 Sc. – a toadstool
• EFT-WHITE
vb. c1469 obs. – to repay
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