Velífico, velíficas, pen. cor. velificâre: vel Velíficor, velificâris, velificári, deponens. Pli. To hoise vp sailes and saile foorthe: to passe vy water.Nauta per vrbanas velificabat aquas. Propert. Velificari honori suo, per translationem. Ci. With diligÊce to indeuout to procure honor and cenowne.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vēlĭfĭco, āre (act. collat. form of velificor), to sail, make sail: nauta per urbanas velificabat aquas, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 6: per summa aequora, Plin. 9, 33, 52, 103; 9, 29, 47, 88: erectis capitibus, id. 8, 13, 13, 35.— Pass.: velificatus Athōs,