'Scarify' definitions:
Definition of 'scarify'
From: WordNet
verb
Puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"
verb
Scratch the surface of; "scarify seeds"
verb
Break up; "scarify soil"
Definition of 'Scarify'
From: GCIDE
- Scarify \Scar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarified; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarifying.] [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. ? to scratch up, fr. ? a pointed instrument.]
- 1. To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field. [1913 Webster] Scariose
Synonyms of 'scarify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agonize,
- assail,
- attack,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blister,
- bloody,
- blotch,
- brand,
- castigate,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- check,
- check off,
- chop,
- cicatrize,
- claw,
- convulse,
- crack,
- craze,
- crenellate,
- crenulate,
- crimp,
- crucify,
- cut,
- dapple,
- dash,
- deface,
- define,
- deform,
- delimit,
- demarcate,
- discolor,
- disfigure,
- distort,
- dot,
- engrave,
- excoriate,
- excruciate,
- flaw,
- flay,
- fleck,
- freckle,
- fustigate,
- gash,
- harrow,
- hatch,
- impale,
- impress,
- imprint,
- incise,
- indent,
- jag,
- kill by inches,
- kink,
- knurl,
- lacerate,
- lancinate,
- lash,
- line,
- macerate,
- machicolate,
- maim,
- make a mark,
- mar,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- mill,
- mottle,
- nick,
- notch,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- picot,
- pink,
- point,
- prick,
- print,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- punish,
- rack,
- riddle,
- rip,
- roast,
- savage,
- scab,
- scallop,
- scar,
- scathe,
- scorch,
- score,
- scotch,
- scourge,
- scratch,
- seal,
- seam,
- serrate,
- skin alive,
- slash,
- speck,
- speckle,
- split,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stamp,
- stigmatize,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- tattoo,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tooth,
- torment,
- torture,
- trace,
- trounce,
- twist,
- underline,
- underscore,
- Vandyke,
- warp,
- wring