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rubify

American  
[roo-buh-fahy] / ˈru bəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

rubified, rubifying

  1. to make red; redden.

    a distant fire that rubified the sky.

Other Word Forms

  • unrubified adjective

Etymology

Origin of rubify

1350–1400; Middle English rubifien < Old French rubifier ≪ Latin rubefacere; rubefacient, -ify

Example Sentences

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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 Payne, John

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