cicatrize

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: cic=a=trize

CIDE DICTIONARY

cicatrize, v. t. [Cf. F. cicatriser, fr. cicatrice, L. cicatrix, scar.].

 To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh.  Wiseman.  [1913 Webster]

cicatrize, v. i. 

 To heal; to have a new skin.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cicatrize, v. (also -ise)
1 tr. heal (a wound) by scar formation.
2 intr. (of a wound) heal by scar formation.

Derivative

cicatrization n.

Etymology

F cicatriser: see CICATRICE

ROGET THESAURUS

cicatrize

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.