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carnify, v.|ˈkɑːnɪfaɪ|
[On type of F. *carnifie-r, L. carnificā-re to execute: see carnifex.]
Hence ˈcarnified, ˈcarnifying ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1. trans. To make or convert into flesh.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. § 37. 89 All these creatures..are but the herbs of the field digested into flesh in them, or more remotely carnified in our selves. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 415 The miraculous image, or carnified and bleeding host.
b. Pathol. To alter (bone or other tissue) so that it becomes of the structure of flesh: cf. carnification 2. Chiefly pass. Also intr. To undergo this alteration.
1746Amyand in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 205 The Bone is carnified, that is, turned into Flesh. 1830R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 158 The nails soften, carnify, become imperfect horny tissue. 1862H. W. Fuller Dis. Lungs 11 The lung is carnified and reduced to a small inelastic mass.
†2. trans. and intr. To generate flesh. Obs.
1639T. de Grey Compl. Horseman (1656) 341 That the carnifying flesh may heale the better. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. (J.) In inferiour faculties I walk, I see, I hear, I digest, I sanguify, I carnify. 1704Worlidge Dict. Rust. et Urb. s.v. Burnings, Heal the Sore with your carnifying and healing Salves. 1829Lond. Encycl. V. 174 To Carnify is to generate flesh.
†3. ‘To quarter or cut in pieces.., to torment’ Blount Glossogr. 1656. [Only a Latinism.] |