labefyv.

Brit.

/ˈlabᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈlæbəˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1600s labefie, 1700s– labefy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin labefacere.

Etymology: < classical Latin labefacere (see labefact v.), with remodelling after -fy suffix. Compare earlier labefact v.

Now rare.

transitive. To weaken, impair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > weaken [verb (transitive)]

unstrengea1225

unstrength?c1225

feeblea1340

affeeblea1400

weakc1400

affeeblishc1450

enfeeblisha1492

pallc1500

weaken1569

effeeblish?1572

unstrengthen1598

labefy1620

unnerve1621

unmasculate1639

unbrace1711

sinka1715

infirmize1751

slacken1778

exhaust1860

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 178 Not..to oppresse and labefie the digestiue faculty..with too great variety of meats.

1778 Public Advertiser 30 May A Decline in the Warmth of his Temper had not kept an even Pace with that of his Abilities, the former remaining seemingly untouched while the latter was considerably labefied.

1896 C. Strueh tr. W. Winternitz in Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 Aug. 435/2 There is no function of any organ or any system of organs which can not be altered, invigorated or labefied by thermic and mechanic agents.

1974 N. Amer. Rev. Summer 28 The ripe words float an old man's hope whose wooden lines are labefied.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	labefy
释义	labefyv. Brit. /ˈlabᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈlæbəˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1600s labefie, 1700s– labefy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin labefacere. Etymology: < classical Latin labefacere (see labefact v.), with remodelling after -fy suffix. Compare earlier labefact v. Now rare. transitive. To weaken, impair. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > weaken [verb (transitive)] unstrengea1225 unstrength?c1225 feeblea1340 affeeblea1400 weakc1400 affeeblishc1450 enfeeblisha1492 pallc1500 weaken1569 effeeblish?1572 unstrengthen1598 labefy1620 unnerve1621 unmasculate1639 unbrace1711 sinka1715 infirmize1751 slacken1778 exhaust1860 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 178 Not..to oppresse and labefie the digestiue faculty..with too great variety of meats. 1778 Public Advertiser 30 May A Decline in the Warmth of his Temper had not kept an even Pace with that of his Abilities, the former remaining seemingly untouched while the latter was considerably labefied. 1896 C. Strueh tr. W. Winternitz in Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 Aug. 435/2 There is no function of any organ or any system of organs which can not be altered, invigorated or labefied by thermic and mechanic agents. 1974 N. Amer. Rev. Summer 28 The ripe words float an old man's hope whose wooden lines are labefied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1620
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