˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

suppurate

[ suhp-yuh-reyt ]

verb (used without object)

suppurated, suppurating.
  1. to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.


suppurate

/ ˈ²õʌ±èÂáʊˌ°ù±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. intr pathol (of a wound, sore, etc) to discharge pus; fester
“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
Discover More

Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³Ü±èp³Ü·°ù²¹³Ùe»å adjective
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of suppurate1

1555–65; < Latin ²õ³Ü±è±èÅ«°ùÄå³Ù³Ü²õ (past participle of ²õ³Ü±è±èÅ«°ùÄå°ù±ð ), equivalent to sup- sup- + ±èÅ«°ù- (stem of ±èÅ«²õ ) pus + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of suppurate1

C16: from Latin ²õ³Ü±è±èÅ«°ùÄå°ù±ð, from sub- + ±èÅ«²õ pus
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

It’s all very trippy, and sometimes morbidly funny, studded with fan-friendly gashes of body horror, most often by way of Beau’s own angry, suppurating wounds.

From

For Trump, the suppurating wound on American life, and for those who share his curdled venom, war is a hellacious distraction from their self-absorption.

From

Skin burns and bones break; wounds fester and suppurate.

From

The suppurating rifts in our current society and in our democracy are directly descended from our past with slavery.

From

When, despite surgery, a suppurating ear infection spread into his brain, he died at age 46, on Nov. 30, 1900, as a new century was about to dawn.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement