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单词 calefy
释义

calefyv.

Forms: Also calify.
Etymology: < medieval Latin caleficāre, < calēre to be hot; see -fy suffix.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To make warm or hot; to warm, heat. Also absol.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)]
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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.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > be warm > become warm
warmOE
calefy1646
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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.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] > heated or warmed
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hetc1480
warmed1598
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calefied1599
heated1617
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 13/1 Take the kernelles of wallnuttes, lay them in calefyede water.
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