Meanings
nounrubification (usually uncountable, plural rubifications)
plural rubifications
- uncountableusuallyThe act of making red.
all the degrees and effects of fire, as distillation , sublimation , mortification , calcination , solution , descension , dealbation , rubification , and fixation
1655, James Howell, “To Sir L. Dives”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLCSynonyms: rubefaction
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of making red.
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Compare French rubification.
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