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febrilizing

febrilizing is the present participle and gerund of febrilize.

Meaning of febrilize

Verb

febrilize (third-person singular simple present febrilizes, present participle febrilizing, simple past and past participle febrilized)

  1. (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...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

Questions about febrilizing

What is febrilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Febrilizing is the present participle and gerund of febrilize.

Words near febrilizing in the dictionary

  1. febrilities
  2. febrility
  3. febrilize
  4. febrilized
  5. febrilizes
  6. febrilizing
  7. Febronian
  8. Febronianism
  9. Febronianist
  10. Febronianists
  11. Febronians

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