Verb
To induce fever; to affect with fever.
Usage- Archaic
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It has been proved, that the accumulation of human effluvia, where fever is not preſent, induces convulſion, and not fever*. We may venture to conclude, that human effluvia muſt be febrilized previous to their becoming infectious, conſequently no infectious fever can ariſe, but through the medium of a febrile body.