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fevered, ppl. a.|ˈfiːvəd| [f. as prec. + -ed.] a. Of the body: Affected with fever, extremely heated. b. Of the mind: Excited, over-wrought.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. lxxxiv. 241 A feavered Body; a boyling Stomacke. a1653G. Daniel Idyll ii. 45 For Feavered Minds, who..find noe Ease. 1697Dryden Virg. æneid iv, Her blood all fever'd. 1801Southey Thalaba v. i, He lifted his fever'd face to heaven. 1843J. Martineau Chr. Life (1867) 148 A gale from heaven fanned his fevered brow. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 228 Her attempt to guide or crush the..fevered spirits of the time. 1865Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 283 It is such a pity to arrive at home entirely fevered. |