scarify
verb (used with object)
to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin), to produce an immune response or administer certain injections.
have scarified
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present perfectof scarify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I have written about Christmas from the sentimental point of view; I have analyzed it from the philosophical point of view; and I have scarified it from the sarcastic standpoint.
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
In play after play, Auge, Melanippe, Danae, Alope, he seems to have scarified such gods, as he does now in the Ion.
From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray
Had he obeyed his desire, he would have scarified Elgar with savage words; but of that nothing save harm could come.
From The Emancipated by George Gissing
