rubify

[roo-buh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

rubified, rubifying 

1. to make red; redden.

   a distant fire that rubified the sky.

Other Word Forms

• unrubified adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubify¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg