Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TAB'E-FY
TAB'E-FY, v.i. [Heb. and Ch. דאב, to pine; or Ar. تَبً tabba, to be weakened, to perish. Class Db.]
To consume; to waste gradually; to lose flesh. [Little used.] Harvey.
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