Definitions
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- verb transitive To
heal awound throughscarring (by causing a scar orcicatrix to form). - verb intransitive To form a
scar .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb form a scar, after an injury
Etymologies
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Examples
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A dire vrai on la voit que quand il fait froid parce que je cicatrise tres bien ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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Aseptic wounds could probably be made to cicatrise more rapidly.
The Dream Doctor 1908
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It used to be advised that an elliptical portion of the wall of the trachea be removed; this, though succeeding well enough for a time, was unscientific, as the wound always tended to cicatrise, and ended of course in permanent narrowing of the canal of the trachea.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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A custom among the natives here is to cicatrise in parallel horizontal lines the abdomens of the female portion of the community.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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It will cause ordinary wounds to cicatrise in a few hours, and even "ugly gashes" will yield to it in time.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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Basil had given her shanks a fresh touch of the bear's grease; and the scars which the cougar had made were likely to cicatrise speedily.
The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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Caliph, who was eager to cicatrise himself and attend the ceremonial; nor could he have been dissuaded, had not his excessive weakness disabled him from walking; at the few first steps he fell on the ground, and his people were obliged to lay him on a bed, where he remained many days in such a state of insensibility, as excited compassion in the Emir himself.
The History of Caliph Vathek William Beckford 1801
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Whoever should once make my soul lose her footing, would never set her upright again: she retastes and researches herself too profoundly, and too much to the quick, and therefore would never let the wound she had received heal and cicatrise.
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 16 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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Whoever should once make my soul lose her footing, would never set her upright again: she retastes and researches herself too profoundly, and too much to the quick, and therefore would never let the wound she had received heal and cicatrise.
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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Allah!” reached to the Caliph, who was eager to cicatrise himself and attend the ceremonial; nor could he have been dissuaded, had not his excessive weakness disabled him from walking; at the few first steps he fell on the ground, and his people were obliged to lay him on a bed, where he remained many days in such a state of insensibility, as excited compassion in the
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