| 单词 |
tabefy |
| 释义 |
tabefy, v. rare.|ˈtæbɪfaɪ| [a. obs. F. tabéfier (Paré c 1570), ad. late L. tābefacĕre (Vulgate), to cause to waste (f. tābē-re to waste, melt + facĕre to make): see -fy; cf. also late L. tābificāre (Cassiod.) in same sense (f. tābific-us tabific), whence F. tabifier (Cotgr., Oudin).] 1. trans. To waste away, consume; to emaciate; † to melt down (obs.).
1656Blount Glossogr., Tabefy, to corrupt, consume or melt. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 78 Out of these [Anacards] thus tabefied proceeds a liquor. 1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. (1672) 79 Meat eaten in greater quantity than what is convenient tabefyes the body. 2. intr. To waste away gradually, become emaciated. rare.
1891in Cent. Dict. Hence ˈtabefied ppl. a., affected with tabes, decayed, consumptive.
1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. i. 4 Whole families..descended from tabefyed ancestors. |

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