carnify

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

carnify
    v 1: become muscular or fleshy

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Carnify \Car"ni*fy\, v. i. [LL. carnificare, fr. L. caro,
   carnis, flesh + facere to make: cf. F. carnifier.]
   To form flesh; to become like flesh. --Sir M. Hale.
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