rubify

[ roo-buh-fahy ]
/ ˈru bəˌfaɪ /
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verb (used with object), ru·bi·fied, ru·bi·fy·ing.

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

Origin of rubify

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

OTHER WORDS FROM rubify

un·ru·bi·fied, adjective

Words nearby rubify

rubicon, rubicund, rubidium, rubidium-strontium dating, rubied, rubify, rubiginous, rubik cube, rubik's cube, rubin test, rubinstein

Words related to rubify

pink, tint, suffuse, mantle, color, rose, rouge, bloody, paint, rubric, flush, crimson, dye, rust, glow, ruddle, rubricate, incarnadine, ruddy, pinken

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