SCARIFY
\skˈaɹɪfˌa͡ɪ], \skˈaɹɪfˌaɪ], \s_k_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of SCARIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
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To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
By Oddity Software
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To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
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To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
By Noah Webster.
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To scratch or cut; in surgery, to make small cuts in by a lancet; as, to scarify the skin.
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Scarified.
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Scarifying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To scratch or slightly cut the skin: to make small cuts with a lancet, so as to draw blood:-pa.t. and pa.p. scarified.
By Daniel Lyons
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To make superficial cuts in.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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