labefact

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• labefact —   v.t. weaken.    ♦ labefactation,    ♦ labefaction, n …   Dictionary of difficult words

• labefaction — /lab euh fak sheuhn/, n. a shaking or weakening; overthrow or downfall. [1610 20; < LL labefaction (s. of labefactio), equiv. to labefact(us) (ptp. of labefacere to loosen) + ion ION] * * * …   Universalium