Tāb'e-fy, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. TABEFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. TABEFYING.] [Lat. tabefacĕre, from tabes, a wasting away, and facere, to make.] To consume; to waste gradually; to lose flesh. [Rare.] Harvey.