单词 | rubrify |
释义 | rubrifyv. Now rare. transitive. To make red. Also intransitive: †to cause redness (obsolete). Cf. rubify v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] red?c1225 rud?c1225 rubifyc1450 inflame1477 keel1508 redden1552 rubrify1587 fire1597 blusha1616 over-reda1616 ruddy1689 rouge1815 1587 T. Dawson Good Huswifes Iewell f. 52v Put in Vitriol Romana rubrified, when it is cold, & wash the scab there with. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. xxxiii. 1067 For which purpose wee must make choice of more gentle vesicatories, as such which onely rubrifie, so that the part may onely become red, and not be burnt. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ee The Sinapism..either ulcerates, or at least rubrifies it. 1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 55 Have they not resolv'd our blood to spill,..And Rubrifie the Streets in every Town? 1820 Republican 9 June 241 The Nile, at the time of its inundation, is rubrified by the quantity of red soil which it brings down with it. 1998 Aegaeum 18 231 Ivory was sometimes rubrified (stained red), gilded, or combined with other exotic or precious materials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1587 |
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