feb

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 ]