Cicatrize

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April Edition




⚱️New word: Cicatrize


⚱️Transcription: ˈsɪkətraɪz as in sik.uh.traiz


⚱️Word class: Verb


⚱️Meaning: To find healing from the process of forming scars. 


⚱️How to use it in a sentence: Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep for ever open.


⚱️Origin: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word cicātrizāre.


#S͛рⷬeͤaͣᴋⷦIͥmͫрⷬeͤcͨcͨaͣвⷡleͤEͤngliͥs͛hͪ


©️ 〇ⲕᎯ⨍𝖮ᖇ ᑌ⊂Ꮒ∈.

      ᎶᖇᎯⲙⲙᎯᖇ ᙅ𝖮Ꭿ⊂Ꮒ

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