carnify

American  

[kahr-nuh-fahy] / ˈkɑr nəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

carnified, carnifying

1. to form or turn into flesh.

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verb (used without object)

carnified, carnifying

1. Pathology. to undergo carnification.

carnify British  

/ ˌkɑːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˈkɑːnɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. (intr) pathol (esp of lung tissue, as the result of pneumonia) to be altered so as to resemble skeletal muscle

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Other Word Forms

• carnification
  noun

Etymology

Origin of carnify

1630–40; < Latin carni- (combining form of carō flesh) + -fy

Example Sentences

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carnified

"All flesh is grass," is not only metaphorically, but literally, true; for all those creatures we behold are but the herbs of the field, digested into flesh in them, or more remotely carnified in ourselves.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir