carnify

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verb

To form flesh; to become like flesh.

OriginLatin carnificare →
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Meanings

verbcarnify (third-person singular simple present carnifies, present participle carnifying, simple past and past participle carnified)

present singular third person carnifies · participle present carnifying · participle past carnified · past carnified

  1. intransitiveTo form flesh; to become like flesh.

    The Soul […] digests , sanguifies , carnifies , excerns and doth all those Involuntary operations by it influence and presence

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincarnis“flesh”
  2. Latincarnificare
  3. Englishcarnify

From Latin carnificare, from Latin carnis (“flesh”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French carnifier.

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MLA

“carnify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carnify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carnify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carnify.

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