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rubificare

rubificare [CL rubeus+-ficare], to make red; b (alch.). ~are, rubrum facere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 506; [vinum] cor letificat, colorem ~at, linguam reddit expeditam Bacon V 92; emplastra calida et ~antia Gad. 70. 1; quarto habet cor carnem spermaticam ~atam; sic fidelis ablato corde lapideo secundum cor carneum ‥ credit omnia necessaria ad salutem Wycl. Mand. Div. 177.  b de sale rubeo: ‥ [sal Indicum] habet ‥ fortem virtutem super Venerem ~andam et dando [app. sic] ei colorem bonum M. Scot Lumen 242; si alba, tunc requiritur ignis; si rubea, tunc elementa per ignem ~antur Correct. Alch. 18; ~are ‥ est facere aurum Bacon Tert. sup. 84 (v. albificare c); pulverem ~atum Ripley 199.

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