scarify
verb (used with object)
to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin), to produce an immune response or administer certain injections.
had scarified
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past perfectof scarify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"It is very strange and most unusual, I know," she continued saying after she had scarified a place to scratch on.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
Then only, as if that suggestion had scarified his flesh in the manner of red-hot iron, Massy gave a start and seemed ready to shriek.
From The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad
To the lasting execration of Octavius, he consented that Cicero, who had so valiantly fought for him, should be sacrificed to the vengeance of Antony, whom the orator had scarified with his burning words.
From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Arthur Gilman
