defervefacio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dē-fervĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, 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.