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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

calefaction heating. XVI. — (O)F. caléfaction or late L. calefactiō, -ōn-, f. calefacere, f. calēre be warm + facere make, DO 1; see -TION.

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