1. The act of stigmatizing.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8.
STIGMATIZE
Stig"ma*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stigmatized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stigmatizing.] Etym: [F. stigmatiser, Gr.
1. To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers. That . . . hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their own voluntary and beloved baseness. Milton.
2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy. To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized. Addison.
STIGMATOSE
Stig"ma*tose`, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Stigmatic.
STIGONOMANCY
Stig"o*no*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy.]
Defn: Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.