Meanings
present singular third person cicatrises · participle present cicatrising · participle past cicatrised · past cicatrised · alternative US cicatrize
- transitiveTo heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint.
1923, Powys Mathers, transl., The Thousand Nights and One Night - intransitiveTo form a scar.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincicātrīx“scar”
- Old Frenchcicatriser
- Englishcicatrise
From Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cicātrīx (“scar”), equivalent to cicatrix + -ise.
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish arpeuttaa, arpeutua
- arpeuttaato heal a wound through scarring
- arpeutuato form a scar
Polish zabliźniać, zabliźnić
- zabliźniaćto heal a wound through scarring
- zabliźnićto heal a wound through scarring
- zabliźniać sięto form a scar
- zabliźnić sięto form a scar
Portuguese cicatrizar
- cicatrizarto heal a wound through scarring
Russian заживлять, залечивать
- заживлять (zaživljatʹ)to heal a wound through scarring
- залечивать (zalečivatʹ)to heal a wound through scarring
- зажива́ть (zaživátʹ)to form a scar
- затя́гиваться (zatjágivatʹsja)to form a scar
- зарубцовываться (zarubcovyvatʹsja)to form a scar
Cite this entry
cicatrise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicatrise
“cicatrise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicatrise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cicatrise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicatrise.
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