Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tepify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tepi-fy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make tepid (lukewarm); to moderately warm.

Example Sentences

"There are five hundred different forts of Cephalic Snuffs, to refresh, refrigerate, tepify, or dry up the moist humours of the brain : - There are the noble Opthalmic Tinctures, to clean, […]"
"To the Pyrites we may also attribute the Effects of the 5th Experiment, for their very Nature is to tepify Waters, whenever there is an inward Motion excited (which we have called the mineral Ferment) provided there are no Salts or other Admixtures present, to prevent the ensuing Heat[…]"
"The most that should ever be done is to tepify the mixture slightly , if it is feared that the first shock of the cold on the skin might injure or annoy the patient ."
"Meantime as vital tumours tepify, And tender bones and body putrefy, Behold! reanimation will begin; […]"

Inflected Forms

tepifies (present, singular) tepifying (participle, present) tepified (participle, past) tepified (past)

Questions

What does tepify mean?: To make tepid (lukewarm); to moderately warm.

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