v. rare. [a. obs. F. tabéfier (Paré, c. 1570), ad. late L. tābefacĕre (Vulgate), to cause to waste (f. tābē-re to waste, melt + facĕre to make): see -FY; cf. also late L. tābificāre (Cassiod.) in same sense (f. tābific-us TABIFIC), whence F. tabifier (Cotgr., Oudin).]

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  1.  trans. To waste away, consume; to emaciate; † to melt down (obs.).

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Tabefy, to corrupt, consume or melt.

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1657.  Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 78. Out of these [Anacards] thus tabefied proceeds a liquor.

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1666.  G. Harvey, Morb. Angl. (1672), 79. Meat eaten in greater quantity than what is convenient tabefyes the body.

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  2.  intr. To waste away gradually, become emaciated. rare.

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1891.  in Cent. Dict.

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  Hence Tabefied ppl. a., affected with tabes, decayed, consumptive.

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1666.  G. Harvey, Morb. Angl., i. 4. Whole families … descended from tabefyed ancestors.

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