infarce

English

Etymology

From Latin infarcire, from in- (“in”) + farcire, fartum, farctum (“to stuff, cram”).

Verb

infarce (third-person singular simple present infarces, present participle infarcing, simple past and past participle infarced)

1. (obsolete) To stuff or to swell.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:

     every place is so infarced with profitable counsaile , joyned with honestie

References

• “infarce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Francie, fancier, firecan