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Latin
Etymology
From labō (“give way; waver”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Verb
labefaciō (present infinitive labefacere, perfect active labefēcī, supine labefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- to cause to totter, shake, loosen, make ready to fall
- (figuratively, of a person's mind) to cause to waver, shake, weaken
- (figuratively) to weaken; overthrow, ruin, destroy
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References
- “labefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “labefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- labefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.