(effor or ecfor) ātus, ārī, dep. defect. ex + for, to speak out, say out, utter, tell: effatur talia supplex, V.: O virgo, effare, V.: Incipit effari, V.: Haec effatus pater, Enn. ap. C.: Sic effata, V.: celanda effando, L.

— Pass: Non potest ecfari quantum, etc., C. poet.: verba longo effata carmine, expressed, L.

—Of augurs, to define, set apart, consecrate: ad templum effandum: locus templo effatus fuerat, L.

—In argument, to state a proposition: quod ita effabimur, formulate.