I.v. inch. n. [ferveo], to become boiling hot, to begin to boil, begin to glow, to grow hot.
I. Lit. (ante-class. and post-Aug.): “possent seriae fervescere,” Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 9: “fervescens materia,” Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 107: “terrae sole,” Lucr. 6, 851: “summa pars corporis,” id. 6, 1164: “ventus mobilitate sua,” id. 6, 177: “ventorum validis fervescunt viribus undae,” boil up, id. 3, 491.— —*