verb
dē-fervĕfăcĭo
Meaning
- to seethe
dē-fervĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3,
I. v. a., to seethe or cause to boil.—
I. Prop.:
brassicam bene, Cato R. R. 157, 9: aquam in aëno, Vitr. 8, 5: radicem in vino, Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 129.—* II. Transf.: aër defervefactus in pulmone, heated, Varr. ap. Lact. Opif. Dei 17.