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Webster 1913 Edition

Lignify

Lig′ni-fy

(lĭg′nĭ-fī)

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Lignified

(lĭg′nĭ-fīd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Lignifying

(lĭg′nĭ-fīˊĭng)

.]

[L.

lignum

wood +

-fy

: cf. F.

lignifier

.]

(Bot.)

To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.

Lig′ni-fy

,

Verb.

I.

(Bot.)

To become wood.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lignify

LIG'NIFY

,

Verb.

T.

[L. lignum, wood, and facio, to make.] To convert into wood.

LIG'NIFY

,

Verb.

I.

To become wood.