febrilize en · VERB
Etymology
From febrile + -ize.
Meanings
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(archaic) To induce fever; to affect with fever.
It has been proved, that the accumulation of human effluvia, where fever is not preſent, induces convulſion, and not fever*. We may venture to conclude, that human effluvia muſt be febrilized previous to their becoming infectious, conſequently no infectious fever can ariſe, but through the medium of a febrile body.
1803, William Blackburne, Facts and Observations Concerning the Prevention and Cure of Scarlet Fever: With Some Remarks on the Origin of Acute Contagions in General, London: Bye and Law, pages 140–141:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| febrilizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| febrilized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| febrilized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| febrilise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| febrilizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |