verb transitive

dē-fervĕfăcĭo

2nd PP dē-fervĕfăcere · 3rd PP dēfēci · 4th PP dēfactum · conj. 3rd-io

to seethe; cause to boil

v. a., to seethe or cause to boil.—

Prop.: brassicam bene, Cato R. R. 157, 9: aquam in aëno, Vitr. 8, 5: radicem in… •

Prop.: brassicam bene, Cato R. R. 157, 9: aquam in aëno, Vitr. 8, 5: radicem in vino, Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 129.—*

heated by extension

Transf.: aër defervefactus in pulmone, heated, Varr. ap. Lact. Opif. Dei 17.

Perseus ID: n12679 Key: defervefacio