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verb
To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
To become less agitated; to cool down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
experience an abatement of a fever
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: change
History
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”).
Across languages
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