effervesce
Meanings
verb
- To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
- To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
- To show high spirits.
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Etymology
From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.
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