defervesce

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˌ)diːfəˈvɛs/, /(ˌ)dɪ-/ (General American) enPR: dē'fər-vĕsʹ, dĕ'-, IPA(key): /ˌdifɚˈvɛs/, /ˌdɛ-/ Rhymes: -ɛs Hyphenation: de‧fer‧vesce === Verb === defervesce (third-person singular simple present defervesces, present participle defervescing, simple past and past participle defervesced) (intransitive, medicine) To experience an abatement or resolution of fever. (intransitive, figuratively) To become less agitated; to cool down. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Verb === dēfervēsce second-person singular present active imperative of dēfervēscō