suppurate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to ripen and discharge pus
    mature.
    • The oil suppurates the pustules
  2. verb ripen and generate pus
    fester; maturate.
    • her wounds are festering

WordNet

Sup"pu*rate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. suppuratus, p.p. of suppurare to suppurate, cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See Pus.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Suppurated ; present participle & verbal noun Suppurating
Definitions
  1. To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.
Sup"pu*rate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913