tĕpĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (fut. scanned tĕpēfăciet, Cat. 64, 361; cf. liquefacio), v. a. [tepeo - facio],
to make moderately warm , lukewarm , or tepid; to warm , tepefy (class.); as verb. fin. act. : is ejus (solis) tactus est, non ut tepefaciat solum, sed etiam saepe comburat, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: corpus, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19: ova, id. 10, 33, 49, § 92: linteum, Cels. 3, 6 med. : in matris jugulo ferrum acutum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 136.— Pass. : medicamentum semper ante tepefieri convenit, Cels. 6, 7: insecta tepefiunt, Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 13.— Part. perf. : umor mollitur tepefactus et tabescit, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; id. Sen. 15, 51; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23; Lucr. 6, 322; Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17; Verg. A. 9, 419.