Definitions for: Suppurate

[v] ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"
[v] cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Sup"pu*rate, v. t.
To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.
--Arbuthnot.

Synonyms: fester, maturate

See Also: discharge, draw, eject, expel, release

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