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rubify

[roo-buh-fahy]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

rubified, rubifying

to make red; redden.
a distant fire that rubified the sky.

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Other Word Forms

unrubified adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rubify¹

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

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He had heard him indeed speak of 'rubify me' and 'minions,' but knew not what this meant.

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V. be red, become red &c. adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden. render red &c. adj.; redden, rouge; rubify†, rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle†.

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�� is this thou sendest to say to me with thy "rubify me" and thy "minions"?

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rubied rubiginous

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