effloresce

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The longest way round is the shortest way home; trust Him with all your hearts first, and that will effloresce into "whatsoever things are lovely and whatever things are of good report."'

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  1. intransitive verb To blossom; bloom.
  2. intransitive verb Chemistry To become a powder by losing water of crystallization, as when a hydrated crystal is exposed to air.
  3. intransitive verb Chemistry To become covered with a powdery deposit.

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  1. Latin efflōrēscere : ex-, ex- + flōrēscere, inchoative of flōrēre, to blossom (from flōs, flōr-, flower; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = Spanish eflorecer, from Latin efflorescere, inceptive form (later in simple form, Late Latin efflorere), blossom, from ex (intensive) + florere, blossom, flower, from flos (flor-), a flower: see flower.
 

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/ɛfləˈrɛs/
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