Word of the Day 05/02/25 Torrefy

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Torrefy (verb)
torrefy or tor·ri·fy [ tawr-uh-fahy, tor- ]

verb (used with object), torrefied, torrefying.
1. to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
2. Pharmacology. to dry or parch (drugs) with heat.
3. to roast, as metallic ores.

Other Word Forms
tor·re·fac·tion [tawr-, uh, -, fak, -sh, uh, n, tor-], noun

Related Words
bake, blot, deplete, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, sear, shrivel, wilt, wipe, wither

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Origin: 1595–1605; < Latin torrefacere to make dry or hot, equivalent to torre-, stem of torrēre to dry up, parch, scorch + facere -fy; torrid

Example Sentences
Torrefy, tor′e-fī, v.t. to scorch: to parch:—pa.t. and pa.p. torr′efied.—n.
From Project Gutenberg

They generally torrefy it in the Embers, so strip off the Bark from the Root, beating it to a Consistence fit to spread, so lay it on the griev'd Part; which both cleanses a fowl Ulcer; and after Scarrification, being apply'd to a Contusion, or Swelling, draws forth the Pain, and reduces the Part to its pristine State of Health, as I have often seen effected.
From Project Gutenberg

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