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n. (Med.) Acetanilide. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. febricitare, fr. febris. See Febrile. ] To have a fever. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. febriculosus. ] Somewhat feverish. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. febris fever + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make. ] Febrific. Dunglison.

-- n. That which causes fever. Beddoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. febris fever + -ferous. ] Causing fever; as, a febriferous locality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. febris fever + ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy-. ] Producing fever. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Febrifuge. ] Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. febris fever + fugare to put to flight, from fugere to flee: cf. F. fébrifuge. see Febrile, Feverfew. ] (Med.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. -- a. Antifebrile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. fébrile, from L. febris fever. See Fever. ] Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate. ] The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. februatio. See february. ] Purification; a sacrifice. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A board on which knives are cleaned or polished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The blood necessary to life; vital blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: That which gives strength and energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Money [ is ] the lifeblood of the nation. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people. [ 1913 Webster ]