v. Obs. rare. Also -ify. [Formed to represent L. languefacĕre, f. languēre: see LANGUISH v. and -FY.]
1. trans. To make faint or languid.
1607. Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr., II. vi. 59. By the clamour whereof how many … were couched and languefied?
2. intr. To become weak or languid.
a. 1734. North, Exam., I. iii. § 110 (1740), 197. The Plot … began to languify, and must haue gone out, like a Snuff, if this Murder had not happened.
Hence † Languefying ppl. a.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., ¶ 207. Physitians may deservedly suffer the lash and feel compunction for their inhumane languifying practises.
