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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rankle \Ran"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rankled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Rankling}.] [From {Rank}, a.]
1. To become or be rank; to grow rank or strong; to be
inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
A malady that burns and rankles inward. --Rowe.
This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts
of the people. --Burke.
2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a
sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as a splinter
rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
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