Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form flesh; grow fleshy.
- In pathology, to lose the normal structure and become fleshy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To form flesh; to become like flesh.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To form
flesh ; to become like flesh.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become muscular or fleshy
Etymologies
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Latin carnificare, from Latin carnis, flesh + facere to make: compare French carnifier.
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