Gangrenate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become gangrenous. intransitive, obsolete

    "I have ſeen the guts of ſuch horſes[…] much diſposed to gangrenate"

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gangrening

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"I have ſeen the guts of ſuch horſes[…] much diſposed to gangrenate"

Etymology

From gangrene + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French gangrener.

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