Cicatrise
/ˈsɪk.ə.tɹaɪz/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form). transitive
"But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint."
- 2 form a scar, after an injury wordnet
- 3 To form a scar. intransitive
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint."
Etymology
From Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cicātrīx (“scar”), equivalent to cicatrix + -ise.