CALEFY

Verb

calefy (third-person singular simple present calefies, present participle calefying, simple past and past participle calefied)

(intransitive, obsolete) To become warm or hot

(transitive, obsolete) To make warm or hot

Source: Wiktionary


Cal"e*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Calefying.] Etym: [L. calere to be warm + -fy]

Definition: To make warm or hot.

Cal"e*fy, v. i.

Definition: To grow hot or warm. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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