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suppurate

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌpjəreɪt/
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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To form or discharge pus. quotations ▼
    • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
      Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies.
    • 2018 March 11, Nick Cohen, quoting James Bloodworth, “Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain – review”, in The Guardian[1]:
      The only difference being Bezos was worth $60.7bn, while Bloodworth and his fellow “associates” walked back at midnight to fetid digs “with heavy legs supporting suppurating feet which over the course of the day had puffed up half a size bigger”.
  2. (transitive) To cause to generate pus.
    to suppurate a sore

Translations

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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suppurate

  1. inflection of suppurare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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suppurate f pl

  1. feminine plural of suppurato