"carnify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: carnifies [present, singular, third-person], carnifying [participle, present], carnified [participle, past], carnified [past]
Etymology: From Latin carnificare, from Latin carnis (“flesh”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French carnifier. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{uder|en|la|carnificare}} Latin carnificare, {{uder|en|la|carnis||flesh}} Latin carnis (“flesh”), {{cog|fr|carnifier}} French carnifier Head templates: {{en-verb}} carnify (third-person singular simple present carnifies, present participle carnifying, simple past and past participle carnified)
  1. (intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: carnification, recarnify

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