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Webster 1913 Edition


Cicatrize

Cic′a-trize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cicatrized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cicatrizing
.]
[Cf. F.
cicatriser
, fr.
cicatrice
, L.
cicatrix
, scar.]
(Med.)
To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh.
Wiseman.

Cic′a-trize

,
Verb.
I.
(Med.)
To heal; to have a new skin.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cicatrize

CICATRIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To heal, or induce the formation of a cicatrix, in wounded or ulcerated flesh; or to apply medicines for that purpose.

CICATRIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To heal or be healed; to skin over; as wounded flesh cicatrizes.

Definition 2024


cicatrize

cicatrize

English

Alternative forms

Verb

cicatrize (third-person singular simple present cicatrizes, present participle cicatrizing, simple past and past participle cicatrized)

  1. (intransitive) To form a scar.
  2. (transitive) To treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
    "The stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrize the wound." - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsi.ka.ˈtɾi.zi/

Verb

cicatrize

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cicatrizar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cicatrizar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cicatrizar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cicatrizar