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/ˈsɪk.ə.tɹaɪz/ · verb
(transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form)..
But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint.
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Cicatrise means (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form)..
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But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint.
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