tepefy(v.) 英 ['tepɪfaɪ] 美 ['tepəˌfaɪ] "make tepid, make moderately warm." 1650s, from Latin tepeficare, from tepere "be moderately warm" (see tepid) + facere "to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Related: Tepefaction.该词起源时间:1650年代