rubify
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of rubify
1350–1400; Middle English rubifien < Old French rubifier ≪ Latin rubefacere; see rubefacient, -ify
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What is this thou sendest to say to me with thy "rubify me" and thy "minions"?
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
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