tābĕfăcĭo, fēci, 3, v. a. [tabes-facio],
to melt , dissolve. —Trop.: tabefac audaciam virtutis eorum, Vulg. 1 Macc. 4, 32: vigilia honestatis tabefaciet carnes, subdue , id. Ecclus. 31, 1.—Hence, Part.: tābē̆factus , a, um, melted , dissolved (post-class.): tabefactis nivibus, Sol. 2 med. : cadaver in suo sanguine, Vulg. Jud. 14, 14.