a. and sb. Med. [ANTI- 3.] A. adj. Efficacious against fever. B. sb. A substance having this property.

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1661.  Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 233. Some use them as an antefebrile.

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1696.  Floyer, Anim. Humours, 262 (J.). Ante-febrile Medicines check the Ebullition.

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1859.  R. Burton, in Jrnl. R. G. S., XXIX. 184. Onions—an antifebral, which flourishes better in Central than in Maritime Africa.

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1899.  [See ANTAPHRODISIAC].

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