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† aˈchafe, v. Obs.
4–5; also eschaufe, achauf(fe; esp. in pple. achaufed, achauffed.
[:—earlier eschaufe, a. OFr. eschaufe-r (mod. échauffe-r) to heat; f. es:—L. ex out, extremely + chaufe-r:—late L. *calefā-re for calefac-ĕre to heat, warm, f. calēre to be hot + facĕre to make. See a- prefix 9.]
To heat, to warm; also fig. to kindle anyone's wrath, to heat with passion, to chafe.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1143 His wrath is achaufed. c1340Gawayne & Gr. Knt. 883 He sete in þat settel semlych ryche, & achaufed hym. c1374Chaucer Boeth. 22 Whan þe sterre sirius eschaufeþ hym. c1450Lonelich Grail xxiii. 507 Whanne cold thing a-chawfed is owht, Anon to red colour it is i-browht. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxxiv 256 Prynce Edward was sore achafed and greued. c1490― Ovid, Metam. x. vi. Grete hete, whereof the ground was sore achauffid. |