carnify

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English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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carnify (third-person singular simple present carnifies, present participle carnifying, simple past and past participle carnified)

  1. (intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
    • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: [] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, [], published 1677, →OCLC:
      The Soul [] digests , sanguifies , carnifies , excerns and doth all those Involuntary operations by it influence and presence

Derived terms

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References

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carnify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.