suppurate
1Suppurate — Sup pu*rate, v. 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.… …
2Suppurate — Sup pu*rate, v. t. To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] …
3suppurate — (v.) 1560s, from L. suppuratus, pp. of suppurare (see SUPPURATION (Cf. suppuration)). Related: Suppurated; suppurating …
4suppurate — ► VERB ▪ form or discharge pus. DERIVATIVES suppuration noun suppurative adjective. ORIGIN from Latin sub below + pus pus …
5suppurate — [sup′yo͞o rāt΄] vi. suppurated, suppurating [< L suppuratus, pp. of suppurare, to form pus underneath < sup , SUB + pus (gen. puris), PUS] to form or discharge pus; fester suppuration n. suppurative adj …
6Suppurate System — Infobox musical artist 2 Name = Suppurate System Img capt = Background = Origin = Japan Instruments = Micael: vocals, Ryonai: programming/composer Genre = Ambient industrial, Electronica, Visual kei Years active = 1996 Present Label = URL =… …
7suppurate — intransitive verb ( rated; rating) Etymology: Latin suppuratus, past participle of suppurare, from sub + pur , pus pus more at foul Date: 1656 to form or discharge pus • suppuration noun • suppurative adjective …
8suppurate — /sup yeuh rayt /, v.i., suppurated, suppurating. to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate. [1555 65; < L suppuratus (ptp. of suppurare), equiv. to sup SUP + pur (s. of pus) PUS + atus ATE1] * * * …
9suppurate — verb To form or discharge pus …
10Suppurate — To form or discharge pus. The adjective is suppurative, as in suppurative arthritis. The noun, rarely used today, is suppuration. From the Latin puris = pus. * * * To form pus. [L. sup puro (subp ), pp. atus, to form pus (pur), pus] * * *… …
