cicatrize en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /ˈsɪkətɹaɪz/
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cicatrixbor. English cicatrix Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English cicatrize From cicatrix + -ize.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To form a scar.
As for myself, I was settling down to my work with the enthusiasm which I used to have for it, so that I might fairly have said that the wound which poor Lucy left on me was becoming cicatrized.
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:His back and muscular shoulders were all ridged by the cicatrized weals of warriorhood.
1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 126:
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(transitive) To treat or heal (a wound) by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
The stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound.
1923, Edward Powys Mathers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cicatrizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cicatrized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cicatrized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| cicatrise | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| cicatrizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (11)
es cicatrizar (to form a scar) · de vernarben (to form a scar) · pl zabliźniać się (to form a scar) · es cicatrizar (to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form) · pl zabliźnić (to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form) · bg зараствам (to form a scar) · ru рубцеваться (to form a scar) · ca cicatritzar (to form a scar) · pl zabliźnić się (to form a scar) · es cicatrizarse (to form a scar) · pl zabliźniać (to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form)