† madefactionn.

Forms: 1500s madefactione, 1500s–1600s 1800s madefaction.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin madefactiōn-, madefactiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin madefactiōn-, madefactiō < madefact- , past participial stem of madefacere (see madefy v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare French madéfaction (1765). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mædĭfæ·kʃən) /mædɪˈfækʃən/.

Obsolete.

The action or process of making something wet or moist; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [noun] > action or process

wettinga1340

moistinga1398

wateringa1398

humectation1544

moistening1559

madefaction1583

irrigationa1618

aquation1623

1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. U3 If it please God to take away the substance of water, and leaue the qualitie of madefaction, what hurt were it?

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §865 To all Madefaction there is required an Imbibition.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Q4 Such parts..are hurt with fluent madefactions.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians lxxvii Aunt Lambert (who was indulging in that madefaction of pocket-handkerchiefs which I have before described).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	madefaction
释义	† madefactionn. Forms: 1500s madefactione, 1500s–1600s 1800s madefaction. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin madefactiōn-, madefactiō. Etymology: < classical Latin madefactiōn-, madefactiō < madefact- , past participial stem of madefacere (see madefy v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare French madéfaction (1765). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mædĭfæ·kʃən) /mædɪˈfækʃən/. Obsolete. The action or process of making something wet or moist; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [noun] > action or process wettinga1340 moistinga1398 wateringa1398 humectation1544 moistening1559 madefaction1583 irrigationa1618 aquation1623 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. U3 If it please God to take away the substance of water, and leaue the qualitie of madefaction, what hurt were it? 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §865 To all Madefaction there is required an Imbibition. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Q4 Such parts..are hurt with fluent madefactions. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians lxxvii Aunt Lambert (who was indulging in that madefaction of pocket-handkerchiefs which I have before described). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1583
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