Suppurate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Suppurate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

cause to ripen and discharge pus

"The oil suppurates the pustules"

suppurate mature

ripen and generate pus

"her wounds are festering"

fester maturate suppurate

To form or discharge pus.

See Also

suppurated maturation gathering suppuration beal blind boil panus quitter

Related Terms

suppurated maturation gathering suppuration beal blind boil panus quitter suppurating pus suppurates suppurative suppuratively

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

draw exhaust

Rhyming Words

ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate

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