Definition of Scarifies

1. Verb. (third-person singular of scarify) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scarifies

1. scarify [v] - See also: scarify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarifies

scarfpins
scarfs
scarfskin
scarfskins
scarfwise
scarier
scariest
scarification
scarification test
scarifications
scarificator
scarificators
scarified
scarifier
scarifiers
scarifies (current term)
scarify
scarifying
scarifyingly
scarily
scariness
scarinesses
scaring
scaringly
scariose
scarious
scarlatina
scarlatina haemorrhagica
scarlatina latens
scarlatina maligna

Literary usage of Scarifies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Now the way in which he thus becomes sympathetic with all the changing moods of the inconstant heaven is this : he eats the heaven and scarifies himself ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"One who scarifies. ... SCA'RIFIER. ns One who scarifies. The instrument with which scarifications are made. ..."

3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... s. one who scarifies Scarifier, ... s. he who scarifies, the instrument used in scarifying Schismatical ..."

4. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... s« One who scarifies. ... He who scarifies ; the instrument with which scarifications are made. ..."

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