different between cauteriser vs cauterizer

English

Etymology

cauterise +? -er

Noun

cauteriser (plural cauterisers)

1. Alternative spelling of cauterizer

Old French

Alternative forms

• cauterizer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauteriz?.

Verb

cauteriser

1. to cauterize
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Practica dicta Lilium medicine, Chapter XXVII, page 190 of this document

     peult on cauteriser le lieu d’une aiguille de cuyvre et pour ce que par ces medecines vient plus grant douleur et chaleur

     One can cauterize the area with a copper needle, and by these medicines comes greater pain and heat

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: cauterizer, cauteriser
  • French: cautériser
• ? Middle English: cauterize, cauterise
  • English: cauterize

English

Etymology

cauterize +? -er

Noun

cauterizer (plural cauterizers)

1. One who, or that which, cauterizes.

Anagrams

• creaturize

Middle French

Alternative forms

• cauteriser

Etymology

Old French cauteriser.

Verb

cauterizer

1. (figuratively) to toughen; to harden
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais

     Je ne croy pas qu'une ame cauterizée sçeut contrefaire une telle assurance

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: cautériser