Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suppurate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
suppurate
v 1: cause suppuration
2: generate pus; of wounds [syn: {fester}]
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