Main Entry: cic·a·trize Variant: or Britishcic·a·trise/'sik-&-"trIz/ Function: verb Inflected Forms:-trizedor British-trised; -triz·ingor British-tris·ing transitive senses 1: to induce the formation of ascar in 2:SCARcicatrizeintransitive senses : to heal by forming a scar