单词 | calefy |
释义 | † calefyv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To make warm or hot; to warm, heat. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] lew971 anheatOE heatc1000 warmOE hota1200 enchafec1374 eschaufec1374 chafea1382 achafea1400 calefy1526 heaten1559 glow1599 foment1658 to hot up1846 sultry1897 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. av This spyrituall starre of grace..calefyeth and illumyneth our soules. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. F3v Which..taken alone, do greatly calefy. 2. intransitive. To become warm. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > be warm > become warm warmOE calefy1646 lew- 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 51 Crystall will calefy unto electricity, that is a power to attract strawes or light bodies. View more context for this quotation 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 296 Soils, which calify and indurate by the Sun's Reflection. Derivatives ˈcalefied adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] > heated or warmed ychafed1422 hetc1480 warmed1598 calefacted1599 calefied1599 heated1617 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 13/1 Take the kernelles of wallnuttes, lay them in calefyede water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1526 |
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