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rubification

rubification noun: the act of making red.

Noun

rubification (usually uncountable, plural rubifications)

  1. (usually) The act of making red.
    • all the degrees and effects of fire, as distillation , sublimation , mortification , calcination , solution , descension , dealbation , rubification , and fixation1655, James Howell, “To Sir L. Dives”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    rubefaction

Synonyms of rubification

Forms of rubification

pluralrubifications

Origin of rubification

Compare French rubification.

Questions about rubification

What does rubification mean?
Rubification means the act of making red.
What part of speech is rubification?
Rubification is a noun.
What is the plural of rubification?
The plural of rubification is rubifications.

Words near rubification in the dictionary

  1. rubiduses
  2. rubied
  3. rubies
  4. rubiest
  5. rubific
  6. rubification
  7. rubifications
  8. rubified
  9. rubifies
  10. rubiform
  11. rubify

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