Cicatrise

//ˈsɪk.ə.tɹaɪz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    form a scar, after an injury wordnet
  3. 3
    To form a scar. intransitive

Synonyms

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cicatrizecicatrize

Example

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"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.

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