Obs. [ad. med.L. cinefactiōn-em (cf. cinefact-us in Lucretius), f. cinis, ciner- ashes + -factio making.] Reduction to ashes; incineration; concr. a thing incinerated.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 268. Cinefaction is ignition converting Vegetables and Animals by a very vehement heat into Cineres.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 69. Cinefaction is most competent to combustion.
1822. T. Mitchell, Aristoph., II. 202. Bake me And make me A cinefaction.
