lignify
(verb) convert into wood or cause to become woody
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lignify (third-person singular simple present lignifies, present participle lignifying, simple past and past participle lignified)
(intransitive) To become wood.
(intransitive, botany) To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth.
(intransitive, by extension) To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood.
(transitive) To turn into wood; to make ligneous.
Source: Wiktionary
Lig"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lignified; p. pr. & vb. n. Lignifying.] Etym: [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.)
Definition: To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Lig"ni*fy, v. i. (Bot.)
Definition: To become wood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
