"effume" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: effumes [present, singular, third-person], effuming [participle, present], effumed [participle, past], effumed [past]
Etymology: From Latin effumare (“to emit smoke”), from ex + fumare (“to smoke”), from fumus (“smoke”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|effumare||to emit smoke}} Latin effumare (“to emit smoke”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} effume (third-person singular simple present effumes, present participle effuming, simple past and past participle effumed)
  1. (obsolete) To breathe or puff out. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: effumability

Inflected forms

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