Meaning of FESTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'festur
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- [n] a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
- [v] ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"
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| | Synonyms: | | maturate, suppurate, suppurating sore |
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| | See Also: | | discharge, eject, expel, release, sore | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fes"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Festered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Festering}.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF.
festrir, fr. festre, n. See {Fester}, n.]
1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a
sore or a wound festers.
Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene.
--Milton.
Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and
smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester.
--South.
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children
of the soil. --Macaulay.
2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in
intensity; to rankle.
\Fes`ter\, v. t.
To cause to fester or rankle.
For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And
festered ranking malice in my breast. --Marston.
\Fes"ter\, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer.
Cf. {Fistula}.]
1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt
matter; a pustule.
2. A festering or rankling.
The fester of the chain their necks. --I. Taylor.
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