defervesce

Meaning

1. To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.
2. To become less agitated; to cool down.

Synonyms

boil down

calculate

cipher

come down

compute

count

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cypher

debouch

decline

decrease

depress

dip

discharge

drop

ebb

enumerate

fall

figure

get down

go down

let

let down

lour

lower

number

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numerate

posit

put down

rack

reckon

set

sluice

tap

trim down

work out

ebb off

ebb out

Hyphenated as

de‧fer‧vesce

Pronounced as (IPA)

/(ˌ)diːfəˈvɛs/

Etymology

From Latin dēfervēscere, from dē- (“prefix meaning ‘removing, reversal, or undoing’”) + fervēscēre (from fervēscō (“to grow hot, to begin to boil”), from fervēre (“to be hot”), present active infinitive of ferveō (“to be hot; to boil; to burn; to be agitated or inflamed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”)).