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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Efflux

/ĕf'-ləks/ · Ef·flux · IPA /ˈɛflʌks/
01 n. 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.
  1. 1.
    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.
    “It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux.” I. Taylor.
  2. 2.
    That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
    “Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine.” Thomson.
02 v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.
  1. 1.
    To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.[Obs.]