† madefyv.

Forms: late Middle English madifie, late Middle English 1600s madefie, 1500s madefye, 1500s–1700s madefy, 1700s madify, 1700s madifye.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French madéfier.

Etymology: < French madéfier (mid 14th cent.) < classical Latin madefacere < the base of madēre to be wet (see madid adj.) + -facere (see -fy suffix). N.E.D. (1904) indicates the stress as ˈmadefy.

Obsolete.

transitive. To make wet; to moisten.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)]

weta950

bathec1000

drenchc1230

blotenc1325

danka1350

anointa1375

moista1382

beshed1382

moil?a1425

madefy?1440

arrouse1480

moisturea1500

humect1531

intinct1547

moisten1559

rinse1579

inebriate1610

irrigate1615

slocken1627

irriguate1632

humectate1640

madidate1656

slake1810

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 145 Her seed yf me reclyne In baume..Or madifie hit so in oil lauryne.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 18 b/2 A sponge which is madefied and wetted in wyne.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 2/2 Madefye it with Rosewater.

1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 170 The Bonners and butchers rode ouer the faces of Gods Saints, and madefied the earth with their blouds.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia xvi. 235 Being madefied, it doth most easily contract a rust.

1782 W. Stevenson Candid Animadversions 94 We find..that stones, madefied by damp, hazy weather, as well as marshy ground, can produce fever.

Derivatives

madefication n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [noun]

wetnessc950

wethead1379

batha1616

madefication1727

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Madification, a moistening or wetting.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Madid,..moist, wet, moistened, made tender by madefication.

madefying adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > wetting

moistinga1382

moistening1580

watering1581

madefying1646

humectant1659

wetting1661

irrigating1669

irriguous1684

humectating1738

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xii. 334 Any kinde of vaporous or madefying excretion.

1789 West's Guide to Lakes (ed. 4) Addenda 273 Behind the water-fall is a deep recess excavated out of the solid rock: here the spectator may stand behind the stream secure from its madefying effects.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	madefy
释义	† madefyv. Forms: late Middle English madifie, late Middle English 1600s madefie, 1500s madefye, 1500s–1700s madefy, 1700s madify, 1700s madifye. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French madéfier. Etymology: < French madéfier (mid 14th cent.) < classical Latin madefacere < the base of madēre to be wet (see madid adj.) + -facere (see -fy suffix). N.E.D. (1904) indicates the stress as ˈmadefy. Obsolete. transitive. To make wet; to moisten. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] weta950 bathec1000 drenchc1230 blotenc1325 danka1350 anointa1375 moista1382 beshed1382 moil?a1425 madefy?1440 arrouse1480 moisturea1500 humect1531 intinct1547 moisten1559 rinse1579 inebriate1610 irrigate1615 slocken1627 irriguate1632 humectate1640 madidate1656 slake1810 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 145 Her seed yf me reclyne In baume..Or madifie hit so in oil lauryne. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 18 b/2 A sponge which is madefied and wetted in wyne. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 2/2 Madefye it with Rosewater. 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 170 The Bonners and butchers rode ouer the faces of Gods Saints, and madefied the earth with their blouds. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xvi. 235 Being madefied, it doth most easily contract a rust. 1782 W. Stevenson Candid Animadversions 94 We find..that stones, madefied by damp, hazy weather, as well as marshy ground, can produce fever. Derivatives madefication n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [noun] wetnessc950 wethead1379 batha1616 madefication1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Madification, a moistening or wetting. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Madid,..moist, wet, moistened, made tender by madefication. madefying adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > wetting moistinga1382 moistening1580 watering1581 madefying1646 humectant1659 wetting1661 irrigating1669 irriguous1684 humectating1738 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xii. 334 Any kinde of vaporous or madefying excretion. View more context for this quotation 1789 West's Guide to Lakes (ed. 4) Addenda 273 Behind the water-fall is a deep recess excavated out of the solid rock: here the spectator may stand behind the stream secure from its madefying effects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.?1440
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