v. Obs. Also calify. [ad. med.L. caleficāre, f. calēre to be hot; see -FY.]
1. trans. To make warm or hot; to warm, heat. Also absol. Hence Calefied ppl. a.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (1531), 31. This spirituall sterre of grace … calefyeth [marg. warmeth] & illumyneth our soules.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physic, 13/1. Take the kernelles of wallnuttes, lay them in calefyede water.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 38. Which taken alone do greatly calefy.
2. intr. To become warm.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 51. Crystall will calefy unto electricity, that is a power to attract strawes or light bodies.
1658. R. Franck, North. Mem. (1821), 350. Soils, which calify and indurate by the Sun’s reflection.
