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Webster 1913 Edition

Cauterize

Cau′ter-ize

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Cauterized

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Cauterizing

.]

[L.

cauterizare

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. a branding iron: cf. F.

cautérised

.. See

.]

1.

To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.

Dunglison.

2.

To sear, as the conscience.

Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cauterize

CAUTERIZE

,

Verb.

T.

To burn or sear with fire or a hot iron, as morbid flesh.