a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 3925 (MED) For þe ffeuerynges [?a1400 Petyt ferynges], deþ hym tok.

1669 M. Durham in J. Durham Clavis Cantici (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Those love-languishings, feaverings, sicknings, holy violentings, apprehendings, and resolute refusings to let go.

1852 Dundee Courier 27 Oct. (advt.) The Patent Oat Flour affords a very large amount of nourishment without fevering or increasing the pulse.

1900 K. L. Bates Spanish Highways & Byways xiii. 196 Bull-fights and riots, those rages of excitement that seem to indicate a periodical fevering of the southern blood.

2014 L. Leveen Juliet's Nurse (2015) xiv. 289 I flush.., the sudden fevering that's struck me half a dozen times a day during these weeks past flashing over me once more.

?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) xxvi. 73 Wið liferseocnysse nim þeos wyrt seow.., syle drincan on wine, & feferȝindum manna [OE Vitell. fefergindum] mid wyrme watere.

1794 J. Williams Crying Epist. 70 That high day of fevering youth.

1892 W. B. Scott Autobiogr. Notes I. ix. 98 At this moment of fevering unrest.

1984 Iowa Rev. 14 i. 221 I don't feel the fevering desire to hear someone's guessing about the weather when it's right outside the window.

2017 T. Fredson tr. J. Guébo Think of Lampedusa 50 Smoke would rise would rise Then rise as if from fevering branches.