Cau'ter-ize, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CAUTERIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. CAUTERIZING.] [Lat. cauterizare, Gr. καυτηριάζειν, from καυτήριον, a branding-iron; Fr. cautériser, Pr. cauterizar, Sp. & Pg. cauterizar, It. cauterizzare. See CAUTER.] To burn or sear with fire or a hot iron, as morbid flesh. Dunglison.