† caprifyv.
Obsolete. rare.
To ripen by caprification.
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c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 592 In Juyn, as sonne is hiest, to caprifie The fig-tree is, that is to signifie The figges grene of caprifigtree rende With tree made like a sawe on hem suspende.
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