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▪ I. labefact, ppl. a. rare.|ˈlæbɪfækt|
[ad. L. labefact-us, pa. pple. of labefacĕre: see labefy. Cf. It. labefatto (Florio).]
Shaken, tottering.
1874Bushnell Forgiveness & Law i. 86 The integrity of the heathen world in general is just so far labefact, prostitute, and morally rotted away, as it has religiously abounded in expiations.
▪ II. † ˈlabefact, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. labefacĕre: see labefy.]
trans. To shake, weaken.
c1540Abp. Parker Corresp. (1853) 11 Not with covert inventions to labefact the credence of the people. |