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Definition of Tepefying
1. tepefy [v] - See also: tepefy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tepefying
Literary usage of Tepefying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... the flood of life, Loos'd at its source by tepefying strains, Flows like some
frozen silver stream unthaw'd At a warm zephyr of the genial spring. ..."
2. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"... "tepefying," "invests the boughs," "devolves his ... stream," "obvious"
pebbles,2—and in other objectionable forms of poetic diction. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"On the fourth a basket containing pomegranates and poppy seeds (the hitter
representing the •tepefying power, ..."
4. The Winston Simplified Dictionary: Including All the Words in Common Use by William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer (1919)
"... p.pr. tepefying], to make moderately warm: ti to become moderately warm.
(tSp'Id). adj. moderately warm; lukewarm; as, tepid water. ..."
5. Webster's High School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1892)
"... (-fid) ; tepefying.] To warm moderately. — Tep'id (-id), u. Moderately warm ;
lukewarm.— Tep'- id-ness, Te-pid'i-ty ..."
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