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Webster 1913 Edition

Suppurate

Sup′pu-rate

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to generate pus;
as, to
suppurate
a sore
.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Suppurate

SUP'PURATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. suppuro; sub and pus, puris.] To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.

SUP'PURATE

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to suppurate. [In this sense, unusual.]

Definition 2024

suppurate

suppurate

English

Verb

suppurate ‎(third-person singular simple present suppurates, present participle suppurating, simple past and past participle suppurated)

  1. (intransitive) To form or discharge pus.
  2. (transitive) To cause to generate pus.
    to suppurate a sore

Translations

Italian

Verb

suppurate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of suppurare
  2. second-person plural imperative of suppurare
  3. feminine plural of suppurato

Etymology

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

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