effervesced

Variant of effervesce

intransitive verb effervesced, effervescing

  1. to give off gas bubbles, as carbonated beverages; bubble; foam
  2. to rise and come out in bubbles, as gas in a liquid
  3. to be lively and high-spirited

Origin: L effervescere, to boil up, foam up < ex-, out + fervescere, to begin to boil < fervere, to boil: see fervent

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