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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cauterize \Cau"ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cauterized}; p.
pr & vb n. {Cauterizing}.] [L. cauterizare Gr ?, fr a
branding iron: cf F. caut['e]rised.. See {cauter}.]
1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. --Dunglison.
2. To sear, as the conscience. --Jer. Taylor.
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