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Webster 1913 Edition
Fester
Fes′ter
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Festered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Festering
.] 1.
To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate;
as, a sore or a wound
. festers
Wounds immedicable
Rankle, and
Rankle, and
fester
, and gangrene. Milton.
Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it
fester
. South.
Hatred . . .
festered
in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.
2.
To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
Fesˊter
,Verb.
T.
To cause to fester or rankle.
For which I burnt in inward, swelt’ring hate,
And
And
festered
ranking malice in my breast. Marston.
1.
A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
2.
A festering or rankling.
The
fester
of the chain their necks. I. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fester
FES'TER
,Verb.
I.
To rankle; to corrupt; to grow virulent.
We say of a sore or wound, it festers.
Passion and unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart; but it is treachery that makes it fester.
Definition 2024
fester
fester
English
Verb
fester (third-person singular simple present festers, present participle festering, simple past and past participle festered)
- To become septic; to become rotten.
- Milton
- Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester, and gangrene.
- Milton
- To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
- Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester.
- Macaulay
- Hatred […] festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
- To cause to fester or rankle.
- Marston
- For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.
- Marston
Conjugation
Conjugation of fester
| infinitive | (to) fester | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | fester | festered | ||
| 2nd person singular | fester, festerest1 |
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| 3rd person singular | festers, festereth1 |
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| plural | fester | |||
| subjunctive | fester | |||
| imperative | fester | — | ||
| participles | festering | festered | ||
| 1) Archaic or obsolete. | ||||
Translations
become septic or rotten
To worsen, especially due to lack of attention
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