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Meaning of cicatrise | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ˈsɪk.ə.tɹaɪz

Definitions

  1. To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
    transitive
  2. To form a scar.
    intransitive

Equivalents

Suomi arpeuttaa arpeuttaa arpeutua arpeutua
Français cicatrise
Polski zabliźniać zabliźniać się zabliźnić zabliźnić się
Português cicatrizar
Русский заживать заживля́ть зале́чивать зарубцовываться затягиваться

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cicatrised cicatrises cicatrising cicatrizate cicatrizated cicatrizates

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