Found 3 items, similar to Suppurate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: suppurate
bernanah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: suppurate
suppurate
v 1: cause to ripen and discharge pus;
“The oil suppurates the
pustules” [syn:
mature]
2: ripen and generate pus;
“her wounds are festering” [syn:
fester,
maturate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Suppurate
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.
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Suppurate
\Sup"pu*rate\, v. t.
To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.
--Arbuthnot.
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