Cicatrize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cicatrize is a verb meaning (intransitive) To form a scar.
Meaning
(intransitive) To form a scar.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To treat or heal (a wound) by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
Example Sentences
The stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound.
His back and muscular shoulders were all ridged by the cicatrized weals of warriorhood.
As for myself, I was settling down to my work with the enthusiasm which I used to have for it, so that I might fairly have said that the wound which poor Lucy left on me was becoming cicatrized.
Word Forms
- cicatrizes
- cicatrizing
- cicatrized
- cicatrise
Synonyms for cicatrize
Depending on context, synonyms include scab.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scab, scar, inseam, seam, encrust, callus.
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