effusing

transitive verb, intransitive verb effused, effusing

1. to pour out or forth
2. to spread out; diffuse; radiate

Origin: < L effusus, pp. of effundere, to pour forth < ex-, out + fundere, to pour: see found

adjective

1. Obsolete poured or spread out freely
2. Bot. spread out loosely and flat, without form: said esp. of inflorescences