(pharmacology) The tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work.

The process of flowing out. / That which has flowed out.

(intransitive) To run out; to flow forth. / (intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.

Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression). / (archaic) Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing.

A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.

Bursting into flower. / Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing. / Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.

(chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. / (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.

Having the power to produce a required effect or effects. / Producing a decided or decisive effect. / Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work. / Actually in effect.

(military) a soldier fit for duty