Middle English Dictionary Entry
calefactī̆f adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | calefactī̆f adj. & n. |
| Etymology | OF & ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. (a) Of a remedy or a diet: producing heat in the body, warming; (b) a medicine which increases heat.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)61a/b : Of hem [farmacie desiccatyue], þise war more drying, þise forsoþ lesse, þise forsoþ calefactyue [*Ch.(2): hetynge; L calefactiua], þise infrigidatyue.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)34b/b : The firste þing is fulfilled of þe lyf by þe forsaide gouernaunce..but þat it byhoueþ þat þis be more calefactif, i. hetynge, & desicatif, i. dryeng; and þerfore leue he alle moyste and watry metes.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)169a/b : For to drien, it is necessarie þat þe medicyne of it be hote and drie..it suffiseþ forsoþ somtyme þe 2a or 3a degre of calefactiuez [*Ch.(2): of þe hetyng medecynes], þe first forsoþ of siccatiues.