TABEFY

Verb

tabefy (third-person singular simple present tabefies, present participle tabefying, simple past and past participle tabefied)

(transitive) To emaciate.

(intransitive) To waste away.

Source: Wiktionary


Tab"e*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabefying.] [L. tabere to waste away + -fy: cf. L. tabefacere to melt.]

Definition: To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.] Harvey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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