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suppurate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suppurate \Sup"pu*rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Suppurated}; p. pr & vb n. {Suppurating}.] [L. suppuratus p. p. of suppurare to suppurate, cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See {Pus}.] To generate pus; as a boil or abscess suppurates. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suppurate \Sup"pu*rate\, v. t. To cause to generate pus; as to suppurate a sore. --Arbuthnot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suppurate v 1: cause suppuration 2: generate pus; of wounds [syn: {fester}]
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