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Fever - puresso

Definition: puresso (poo-res'-so) verb - to be ill with a temperature. To have a "fever," derived from the noun pur (fire).

Diagram: By convention, the sign of an abstract noun is an equilateral triangle. Even though puresso is a verb it acts as as an abstract noun because one can't see a temperature inside a body. All disease, such as fevers, in 1st century Jewish society was belived to be caused by unclean spirits.

Mk 01:30

And the mother in law of Simon was lying down having a "fever" ...

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