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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: effervescere, from fervescere 'to begin to boil'

effervesce

 verb
     
Related topics: Chemistry
ef‧fer‧vesce [intransitive] technical
HC a liquid that effervesces produces small bubbles of gas
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