Dictionary entry

Tabefy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tab″e‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tabefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tabefying (?).] [L. tabere to waste away + -fy: cf. L. tabefacere to melt.] To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. Harvey.