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scarify

[ skar-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

scarified, scarifying.
  1. to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin), to produce an immune response or administer certain injections:

    The smallpox vaccine, which was administered by scarifying the skin, left a telltale scar on the upper arm.

    During the therapeutic procedure of wet cupping, the practitioner scarifies the skin after suction.

  2. to scratch, etch, cut, or burn designs or images into the skin in order to create permanent decorative or symbolic scars.
  3. to lacerate by severe criticism.
  4. to loosen (the soil) with a type of cultivator.
  5. to hasten the sprouting of (hard-covered seeds) by making incisions in the seed coats.
  6. to break up (a road surface).


scarify

1

/ 藞sk忙r瑟-; 藞蝉办蓻蓹谤瑟藢蹿补瑟 /

verb

  1. surgery to make tiny punctures or superficial incisions in (the skin or other tissue), as for inoculating
  2. agriculture
    1. to break up and loosen (soil) to a shallow depth
    2. to scratch or abrade the outer surface of (seeds) to increase water absorption or hasten germination
  3. to wound with harsh criticism
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scarify

2

/ 藞蝉办蓻蓹谤瑟藢蹿补瑟 /

verb

  1. informal.
    tr to make scared; frighten
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Scarify is sometimes wrongly thought to mean the same as scare: a frightening (not scarifying ) film
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Derived Forms

  • 藢蝉肠补谤颈蹿颈藞肠补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 藞蝉肠补谤颈藢蹿颈别谤, noun
  • 藞蝉肠补谤颈藢蹿测颈苍驳濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉肠补谤路颈路蹿颈路别谤 noun
  • 耻苍路蝉肠补谤路颈路蹿颈别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scarify1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English scarifien, from Middle French scarifier, scarefier, from Late Latin 蝉肠补谤墨蹿颈肠腻谤别, alteration of Latin 蝉肠补谤墨蹿腻谤别, scar墨ph膩re 鈥渢o make scratches, scrach,鈥 from Greek 蝉办补谤墨辫丑芒蝉迟丑补颈 鈥渢o sketch,鈥 derivative of 蝉办谩谤墨辫丑辞蝉 鈥渟迟测濒耻蝉鈥; -ify
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scarify1

C15: via Old French from Latin 蝉肠补谤墨蹿腻谤别 to scratch open, from Greek skariphasthai to draw, from skariphos a pencil

Origin of scarify2

C18: from scare + -ify
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The loving bond between the scarified Antea and the tattooed Red is evident 鈥 in a tender touch or a cradled face 鈥 even as Antea is trapped in the ghost world.

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The seed packets instruct you to scarify the seeds and presoak them before planting.

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They also scarified their future by giving away two 1st round picks, two 2nd round picks and 3 players.

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Today, the shore at Port Gamble where the mill used to be is a scarified landscape awaiting its next chapter.

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And some seeds need special techniques for successful germination, including fermenting or scarifying.

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