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effervesce

ef·fer·vesce

US/ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/ uncommon

verb

1.

form bubbles

  • “The boiling soup was frothing”
  • “The river was foaming”
  • “Sparkling water”
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From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.

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