I.v. inch. n. [conferveo], to begin to boil, to become heated, grow hot (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. In gen.
A. Prop.: “aër conclusus versando confervescit,” Vitr. 5, 3; 2, 6, 4: “granum, si tegulis subjaceat, confervescere,” Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302 al.—
B. Trop.: mea cum conferbuit ira, * Hor. S. 1, 2, 71.—
II. In medic. lang., of broken limbs, to heal, grow together: “si quando ossa non conferbuerunt,” Cels. 8, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 10, 1; 8, 8, 7.
