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Mad`e*cas"see, a. Of or pertaining
to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

{ Mad`e*fac"tion (?), Mad`e*fi*ca"tion (?), }
n. [L. madefacere to make wet; madere
to be wet + facere to make: cf. F. madéfaction.]
The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is
made wet. [R.] Bacon.

Mad"e*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Madefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Madefying (?).] [Cf. F. madéfier, L.
madefacere. See Madefaction.] To make wet or
moist. [R.]

Mad`e*gas"sy (?), n. & a. See
Madecassee.

Ma*dei"ra (?), n. [Pg., the Island
Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The
island was so called because well wooded. See Matter.] A
rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.

A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's
leg.


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