SCARIFY

I. transitive verb (-fied; -fying) see: scribe Date: 14th century to make scratches or small cuts in (as the skin) , to lacerate the feelings of, to break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of (as a field or road), to cut or soften the wall of (a hard seed) to hasten germination, scarifier noun II. transitive verb (-fied; -fying) Date: 1785 scare , frighten , ~ingly adverb