Carnify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To form flesh; to become like flesh. intransitive

    "The Soul […] digests , sanguifies , carnifies , excerns and doth all those Involuntary operations by it influence and presence"

  2. 2
    become muscular or fleshy wordnet

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"The Soul […] digests , sanguifies , carnifies , excerns and doth all those Involuntary operations by it influence and presence"

Etymology

From Latin carnificare, from Latin carnis (“flesh”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French carnifier.

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