An obsolete or archaic term meaning to warm or heat something, or to become warm.
From Old French chaufer, from Latin calefacere (to make warm), combining calor (heat) and facere (to make). Related to modern 'chauffeur' and 'chafe.'
The word achafe shares a root with 'chauffeur' (literally 'someone who heats'), and both trace back to ancient Latin—language fossils show us that warming things has been worth naming for thousands of years across multiple languages.
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