RUBIFY

rubify

(verb) make ruby red

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

rubify (third-person singular simple present rubifies, present participle rubifying, simple past and past participle rubified)

(rare, transitive) to make red; to cause to redden

(rare, intransitive) to redden; to become red

• Chaucer

Source: Wiktionary


Ru"bi*fy, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. rubéfier. See Rubific.]

Definition: To redden. [R.] "Waters rubifying." Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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