Enfevering

/ɪnˈfɛvərɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Causing fever or making someone feverish; present participle of enfever.

Etymology

Present participle of enfever, formed with -ing. Shows fever as an active, ongoing process of transformation.

Kelly Says

The -ing form makes fever seem like an active agent—'the enfevering disease' personifies illness as something actively doing something to the body, reflecting how pre-modern people understood sickness.

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