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Suppurate

//ˈsʌpjəreɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To form or discharge pus. intransitive

    "Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies."

  2. 2
    ripen and generate pus wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to generate pus. transitive

    "to suppurate a sore"

  4. 4
    cause to ripen and discharge pus wordnet

Etymology

From Latin suppūrātus, past participle of suppūrō, from pūr-, stem of pūs.

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