open”), from patere (“to lie open”) + facere (“to make”). <span class="searchmatch">patefaction</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">patefactions</span>) The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration...
<span class="searchmatch">patefactions</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">patefaction</span>...
patefying, simple past and past participle patefied) (obsolete) To disclose. <span class="searchmatch">patefaction</span> “patefy, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched...