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defervesce.

To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/(ˌ)diːfəˈvɛs/Received-Pronunciation/(ˌ)dɪ-/Received-Pronunciation/ˌdifɚˈvɛs/General-American/ˌdɛ-/General-American
  1. To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.

    intransitive
  2. To become less agitated; to cool down.

    figuratively · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin dēfervēscere, from dē- (prefix denoting removal, reversal, or undoing) + fervēscō (“to grow hot, to begin to boil”), from ferveō (“to be hot; to boil; to burn; to be agitated or inflamed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”).

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