Meanings
present singular third person sanguifies · participle present sanguifying · participle past sanguified · past sanguified
- ambitransitiveobsoleteTo produce blood (from).
Origin
- Latinsanguis“blood”
- Englishsanguify
From sangui- + -fy, from Latin sanguis (“blood”). Compare French sanguifier.
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