Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To form flesh; grow fleshy.
  • In pathology, to lose the normal structure and become fleshy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To form flesh; to become like flesh.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To form flesh; to become like flesh.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb become muscular or fleshy

Etymologies

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Latin carnificare, from Latin carnis, flesh + facere to make: compare French carnifier.

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