† cinefyv.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cinefacere.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin cinefacere (1573 or earlier; compare classical Latin cinefactus reduced to ashes (Lucretius)) < classical Latin ciner- , cinis ashes (see cinefaction n.) + -facere (see -fy suffix). Compare earlier cinefaction n.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To reduce to ashes, to incinerate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > burn to ashes

to burn to, into (formerly also in) ashesc1175

to burn to powderc1175

adust?a1425

incinerate1555

adure1583

cinder1628

calcine1633

cinefy1654

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. viii. 243 This Sapour is also sensible in all Chymical Salts, extracted from Bodies by the sequestrating activity of Fire, cinefying their dry and terrestrious remains.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cinefy, to bring to ashes. [Also in later dictionaries.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018).

单词	cinefy
释义	† cinefyv. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cinefacere. Etymology: < post-classical Latin cinefacere (1573 or earlier; compare classical Latin cinefactus reduced to ashes (Lucretius)) < classical Latin ciner- , cinis ashes (see cinefaction n.) + -facere (see -fy suffix). Compare earlier cinefaction n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To reduce to ashes, to incinerate. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > burn to ashes to burn to, into (formerly also in) ashesc1175 to burn to powderc1175 adust?a1425 incinerate1555 adure1583 cinder1628 calcine1633 cinefy1654 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. viii. 243 This Sapour is also sensible in all Chymical Salts, extracted from Bodies by the sequestrating activity of Fire, cinefying their dry and terrestrious remains. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cinefy, to bring to ashes. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018). < v.1654
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