infarce

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verb

To stuff or to swell.

OriginLatin infarcire →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person infarces · participle present infarcing · participle past infarced · past infarced

  1. obsoleteTo stuff or to swell.

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

    1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latininfarcire
  2. Englishinfarce

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fancierFranciefirecan
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APA

infarce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infarce

MLA

“infarce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infarce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infarce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infarce.

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