recarnify en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + carnify.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To convert again into flesh.
I fell to consider that the Flesh which is daily dish'd upon our Tables is but concocted grass, which is recarnified in our stomachs
1655, James Howell, “To my Hon. Friend, Sir S. C.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recarnifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recarnified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recarnified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recarnifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |