v. Obs. rare. [f. pa. ppl. stem of L. suffurārī, f. suf- = SUB- 25 + furārī, f. fur thief.] trans. To steal away.
1549. E. Becke, Bible, Pref. A A vi. If all magistrates … wolde … vouchsafe to suffurate & spare an houre or ii in a day, from theyr worldly busines.
a. 1564. Becon, Nosegay, Pref., Wks. (1843), 195. At such hours as I could conveniently suffurate and steal away from the … teaching of my scholars.
Hence † Suffuration, a drawing away.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., ¶ 297. The Spagyrick art … doth debilitate many things by a privie and insensible suffuration.
