† ˈmadefy, v. Obs.
Also madify(e, -ie.
[a. F. madéfier, ad. L. madefacĕre, f. madēre to be wet: see -fy.]
trans. To make wet; to moisten.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 145 Her seed yf me reclyne In baume..other in masticyne, Or madifie it so in oil lauryne. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 18 b/2 A sponge which is madefied and wetted in wyne. 1599 ― tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 2/2 Madefye it with Rosewater. 1618 T. Adams Rage Oppression Wks. (1629) 609 The Bonners..rode ouer the faces of Gods Saints, and madefied the earth with their bloods. 1671 J. Webster Metallogr. xvi. 235 Being madefied, it doth most easily contract a rust. |
Hence † madefiˈcation [see -fication], ‘a moistening or wetting’ (1727 Bailey vol. II, spelt madification); ˈmadefied, ˈmadefying ppl. adjs.
| 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 31 b/1 With wett and madefyed cloutes. 1599 ― tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 84/1 Dipp therin a madefyed finger. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 334 Any kinde of vaporous or madefying excretion. |