defervesce

Meaning

Verb

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

Origin

From Latin dēfervēscere, from dē- + fervēscēre (from fervēscō, from fervēre, present active infinitive of ferveō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ("to boil; to brew")).

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