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Webster 1913 Edition


Tabefy

Tab′e-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tabefied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabefying
.]
[L.
tabere
to waste away +
-fy
: cf. L.
tabefacere
to melt.]
To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.
[R.]
Harvey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tabefy

TAB'EFY

,
Verb.
I.
[Heb. to pine] To consume; to waste gradually; to lose flesh. [Little used.]