rubifyv.

Brit.

/ˈruːbɪfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈrubəˌfaɪ/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s rubyfye, Middle English– rubify, 1500s rubyfie, 1500s–1600s rubifie.

β. Middle English–1500s rubefie, 1500s– rubefy.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French rubifier; Latin rubefacere.

Etymology: < Middle French rubifier (French rubéfier , †rubefier , 1611 in Cotgrave) to redden (1413), to alter (a sediment) by rubefaction (1886 or earlier) and its etymon classical Latin rubefacere < rubeus red (see rubeola n.) + -facere (see -fy suffix). Compare Spanish rubificar (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian †rubificare (15th cent.), both in sense ‘to redden’, post-classical Latin rubificare to redden (from 12th cent. in British sources), (in alchemy) to turn to gold (from a1200 in British sources).

1. transitive. Alchemy. To transform (a metal, elixir, etc.) into a state of redness or (esp.) a state of greater purity or potency. Formerly also †intransitive. Cf. red adj. 3a. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [verb (transitive)] > miscellaneous other processes

enlutec1386

rubifyc1405

exuberate1471

diamondize1893

c1405 (c1395) [implied in: G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §3. l. 797 Watres rubifiyng [c1410 Cambr. Dd.4.24 rubifyng, c1415 Lansd. rubefiinge, c1425 Petworth rubyfyinge] and Boles galle Arsenyk, sal Armonyak and Brymstoon. (at rubifying adj.)].

a1500 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Ashm.) l. 1836 (MED) Þu muste devyed thyne elyxare whyȝte in-to partis 2, and after þu rubyfye.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 344 Gradation is an exaltation of mettals in the degree of affections, whereby waight, colour, and constancy are brought to an excellent mesure, but the substance vnaltered: so gold is rubified, fixed, and purified.

1624 E. Orandus tr. Artephius in tr. N. Flamel Expos. Hieroglyphicall Figures St. Innocent's Church-yard 216 Thou must againe resolue that red in a new dissoluing water, and after by decoction whiten and rubifie it by the degrees of fire, reiterating the first regiment.

1926 A. E. Waite Secret Trad. Alchemy viii. 108 The final end and crown of all attainment is a fixed oil which rubefies corrupt metals.

2. transitive. To make red, to redden; spec. to cause the skin or another part of the body to turn red. Also intransitive. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)]

red?c1225

rud?c1225

rubifyc1450

inflame1477

keel1508

redden1552

rubrify1587

fire1597

blusha1616

over-reda1616

ruddy1689

rouge1815

c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 85 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 258 (MED) O ruby, rubifyed in the passyoun All of thi sone..O stedfast dyamaunt of duracyoun.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 139 Blyssed Thomas! rubyfyed with blood.

c1508 Lyf St. Ursula (de Worde) sig. A.viii^v The bankes with blode were rubefyed all a longe.

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount iv. f. 77 An vnce of Vitrioli, rubified or made redde.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. l. 142 It is good at certaine times to vse those thinges that doe rubifie and blister, and that can fetch out from the depth and bottom, vnto the top of the skinne.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vi. 94 It is..much the better for the stomacke.., if it be rubefied, by macerating the leaues of red Roses in it.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iv. ii. 312 Calcine it to a red colour: being thus rubefied, then pulverise it.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 77 The Varnish..so Burns and Rubifies the Blacking, that it loses much of its brisk and vivid black complexion.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rubifying Red Arsenic is supposed to be no more than the common yellow Arsenick rubified by Fire.

1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia i. 124 The Case of Blushing, rubefying the Flesh with Rubbing, Ague Spots.

1781 Poems for Vase at Bath Easton 58 Temperate meals of wholesome food, And draughts which rubify the blood, Quickening every finer sense.

1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 178 This oil may be used likewise to rubify the skin.

1857 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy Nov. 236 The skin..had been previously rubefied by sponging with a little weak Liquor-ammoniæ.

1889 Esoteric Sept. 99 It [sc. beauty] gleams in the maiden's tresses,..rubifies her luscious lips, and crimsons her dimpled cheeks.

1914 W. L. Wilmshurst Contemplations 156 He..learns the mystery of the wedding-feast where the soul's waters are rubified into wine.

1972 E. O'Brien Night 14 The dye of the lollipop used to rubify the color of his lips.

3. transitive. Geology and Soil Science. To alter (a sediment, deposit, etc.) by rubefaction (rubefaction n. 3). Usually in passive.

ΚΠ

1949 L. C. Peltier Pleistocene Terraces Susquehanna R. (Pennsylvania Bur. Topogr. & Geol. Survey Bull. G23) 28 Where the Illinoian till is thin and rubified..throughout, residual clay..is commonly developed at the base.

1951 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 249 782 The idea that pre-Wisconsin deposits have been rubified (reddened) could have been treated at greater length.

1995 S. Ellis & A. Mellor Soils & Environment v. 137 Hematite occurs in many mid-latitude buried and surface soils, in which it is attributed to weathering under warmer conditions.., and if present in sufficient quantity this causes the soil to be rubified.

2007 C. S. Bristow et al. in G. S. Baker & H. M. Jol Stratigr. Analyses using GPR 26 The rest of the dune sand has been homogenized and rubified.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rubify
释义	rubifyv. Brit. /ˈruːbɪfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈrubəˌfaɪ/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s rubyfye, Middle English– rubify, 1500s rubyfie, 1500s–1600s rubifie. β. Middle English–1500s rubefie, 1500s– rubefy. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French rubifier; Latin rubefacere. Etymology: < Middle French rubifier (French rubéfier , †rubefier , 1611 in Cotgrave) to redden (1413), to alter (a sediment) by rubefaction (1886 or earlier) and its etymon classical Latin rubefacere < rubeus red (see rubeola n.) + -facere (see -fy suffix). Compare Spanish rubificar (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian †rubificare (15th cent.), both in sense ‘to redden’, post-classical Latin rubificare to redden (from 12th cent. in British sources), (in alchemy) to turn to gold (from a1200 in British sources). 1. transitive. Alchemy. To transform (a metal, elixir, etc.) into a state of redness or (esp.) a state of greater purity or potency. Formerly also †intransitive. Cf. red adj. 3a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [verb (transitive)] > miscellaneous other processes enlutec1386 rubifyc1405 exuberate1471 diamondize1893 c1405 (c1395) [implied in: G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §3. l. 797 Watres rubifiyng [c1410 Cambr. Dd.4.24 rubifyng, c1415 Lansd. rubefiinge, c1425 Petworth rubyfyinge] and Boles galle Arsenyk, sal Armonyak and Brymstoon. (at rubifying adj.)]. a1500 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Ashm.) l. 1836 (MED) Þu muste devyed thyne elyxare whyȝte in-to partis 2, and after þu rubyfye. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 344 Gradation is an exaltation of mettals in the degree of affections, whereby waight, colour, and constancy are brought to an excellent mesure, but the substance vnaltered: so gold is rubified, fixed, and purified. 1624 E. Orandus tr. Artephius in tr. N. Flamel Expos. Hieroglyphicall Figures St. Innocent's Church-yard 216 Thou must againe resolue that red in a new dissoluing water, and after by decoction whiten and rubifie it by the degrees of fire, reiterating the first regiment. 1926 A. E. Waite Secret Trad. Alchemy viii. 108 The final end and crown of all attainment is a fixed oil which rubefies corrupt metals. 2. transitive. To make red, to redden; spec. to cause the skin or another part of the body to turn red. Also intransitive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] red?c1225 rud?c1225 rubifyc1450 inflame1477 keel1508 redden1552 rubrify1587 fire1597 blusha1616 over-reda1616 ruddy1689 rouge1815 c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 85 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 258 (MED) O ruby, rubifyed in the passyoun All of thi sone..O stedfast dyamaunt of duracyoun. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 139 Blyssed Thomas! rubyfyed with blood. c1508 Lyf St. Ursula (de Worde) sig. A.viii^v The bankes with blode were rubefyed all a longe. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount iv. f. 77 An vnce of Vitrioli, rubified or made redde. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. l. 142 It is good at certaine times to vse those thinges that doe rubifie and blister, and that can fetch out from the depth and bottom, vnto the top of the skinne. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vi. 94 It is..much the better for the stomacke.., if it be rubefied, by macerating the leaues of red Roses in it. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iv. ii. 312 Calcine it to a red colour: being thus rubefied, then pulverise it. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 77 The Varnish..so Burns and Rubifies the Blacking, that it loses much of its brisk and vivid black complexion. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rubifying Red Arsenic is supposed to be no more than the common yellow Arsenick rubified by Fire. 1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia i. 124 The Case of Blushing, rubefying the Flesh with Rubbing, Ague Spots. 1781 Poems for Vase at Bath Easton 58 Temperate meals of wholesome food, And draughts which rubify the blood, Quickening every finer sense. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 178 This oil may be used likewise to rubify the skin. 1857 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy Nov. 236 The skin..had been previously rubefied by sponging with a little weak Liquor-ammoniæ. 1889 Esoteric Sept. 99 It [sc. beauty] gleams in the maiden's tresses,..rubifies her luscious lips, and crimsons her dimpled cheeks. 1914 W. L. Wilmshurst Contemplations 156 He..learns the mystery of the wedding-feast where the soul's waters are rubified into wine. 1972 E. O'Brien Night 14 The dye of the lollipop used to rubify the color of his lips. 3. transitive. Geology and Soil Science. To alter (a sediment, deposit, etc.) by rubefaction (rubefaction n. 3). Usually in passive. ΚΠ 1949 L. C. Peltier Pleistocene Terraces Susquehanna R. (Pennsylvania Bur. Topogr. & Geol. Survey Bull. G23) 28 Where the Illinoian till is thin and rubified..throughout, residual clay..is commonly developed at the base. 1951 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 249 782 The idea that pre-Wisconsin deposits have been rubified (reddened) could have been treated at greater length. 1995 S. Ellis & A. Mellor Soils & Environment v. 137 Hematite occurs in many mid-latitude buried and surface soils, in which it is attributed to weathering under warmer conditions.., and if present in sufficient quantity this causes the soil to be rubified. 2007 C. S. Bristow et al. in G. S. Baker & H. M. Jol Stratigr. Analyses using GPR 26 The rest of the dune sand has been homogenized and rubified. 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