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▪ I. labefact, ppl. a. rare.|ˈlæbɪfækt| [ad. L. labefact-us, pa. pple. of labefacĕre: see labefy. Cf. It. labefatto (Florio).] Shaken, tottering.
1874Bushnell Forgiveness & Law i. 86 The integrity of the heathen world in general is just so far labefact, prostitute, and morally rotted away, as it has religiously abounded in expiations. ▪ II. † ˈlabefact, v. Obs. [f. ppl. stem of L. labefacĕre: see labefy.] trans. To shake, weaken.
c1540Abp. Parker Corresp. (1853) 11 Not with covert inventions to labefact the credence of the people. |