The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scarify \Scar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarified; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarifying.] [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. ? to scratch up, fr. ? a pointed instrument.]
To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
(Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of scarify English)
Usage examples of "scarifying".
Lawrence's - not hard, but reconstructed by curious and scarifying adventures.
Malama hid her face and Micah tried to protect her from his raving father, but scarifying, unforgivable words poured forth: "Ezekiel said, "Thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen!
Much scarifying and debilitating experience had taught them the value of presenting a bland unbroken face to authority.
Srinivas treated these threats tolerantly, knowing that her gelatinous and good-humoured husband liked to be thought of as a devout man, but also a bit of an adventurer (had he not insisted on that absurd and scarifying flight into the Grand Canyon in Amrika years ago?