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chafe

n.
US //ˈtʃeɪf// UK //tʃˈeɪf// chafe Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.

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