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efferent (adj.)
"conveying outward or away," 1827, from Latin
efferentem
(nominative
efferens
), present participle of
effere
"to carry out or away, bring forth," from
ef-
(see
ex-
) +
ferre
"to bear, carry" (see
infer
). As a noun from 1876.
