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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORBIFIC, MORBIFICAL

a.[L. morbus, disease, and facio, to make. ] Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as morbific matter.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MORBIFIC; MORBIFICAL

Mor *bif "ic, Mor *bif "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. morbus disease + -ficare (in comp. ) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See -fy. ]

 

Defn: Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

morbific

mor bif ic |môrˈbifik mɔrˈbɪfɪk | adjective dated causing disease: in cholera the morbific matter is taken into the alimentary canal. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French morbifique or modern Latin morbificus, from Latin morbus disease.

 

Oxford Dictionary

morbific

morbific |mɔːˈbɪfɪk | adjective dated causing disease. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French morbifique or modern Latin morbificus, from Latin morbus disease .

 

Spanish Dictionary

morbífico, -ca

morbífico, -ca adjetivo Que es origen de una enfermedad :materia morbífica .