SCARIFIED

SCARIFY

scarify

(verb) puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; “The men in some African tribes scarify their faces”

scarify

(verb) break up; “scarify soil”

scarify

(verb) scratch the surface of; “scarify seeds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

scarified

(obsolete or nonstandard) damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted

Verb

scarified

simple past tense and past participle of scarify

Anagrams

• sacrified

Source: Wiktionary


SCARIFY

Scar"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarified; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarifying.] Etym: [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr.

1. 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.

2. (Agric.)

Definition: To stir the surface soil of, as a field.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

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