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pustulate

[ verb puhs-chuh-leyt; adjective puhs-chuh-lit, -leyt ]

verb (used with object)

pustulated, pustulating.
  1. to cause to form pustules.


verb (used without object)

pustulated, pustulating.
  1. to become pustular.

adjective

  1. covered with pustules.

pustulate

verb

  1. to form or cause to form into pustules
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. covered with pustules
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ±è³Ü²õ³Ù³Üˈ±ô²¹³ÙŸ±ŽÇ²Ô, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pustulate1

1600–10; < Late Latin ±èÅ«²õ³Ù³Ü±ôÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ±èÅ«²õ³Ù³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to blister. See pustule, -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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All are pustulate above; in most specimens the pustules form no pattern, but in some they tend to form a V in the scapular region.

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Dorsum irregularly pustulate; in some specimens the pustules tend to form a V in the scapular region.

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