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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scar•i•fy (skar′ə fī′),USA pronunciation v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. - Surgeryto make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- to lacerate by severe criticism.
- Agriculture, Botanyto loosen (the soil) with a type of cultivator.
- Agriculture, Botanyto hasten the sprouting of (hard-covered seeds) by making incisions in the seed coats.
- Civil Engineeringto break up (a road surface).
- Greek skarīphâsthai to sketch, derivative of skárīphos stylus; see -ify
- Late Latin scarīficāre, alteration of Latin scarīfāre, scarīphāre to make scratches
- Middle French scarifier
- late Middle English scarifie 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scarify /ˈskɛərɪˌfaɪ ˈskærɪ-/ vb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)(transitive)- to make tiny punctures or superficial incisions in (the skin or other tissue), as for inoculating
- to break up and loosen (soil) to a shallow depth
- to wound with harsh criticism
Etymology: 15th Century: via Old French from Latin scarīfāre to scratch open, from Greek skariphasthai to draw, from skariphos a pencilˌscarifiˈcation n ˈscariˌfier n |