Category:Suppurate

Sup"pu*rate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Suppurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppurating.] Etym: [l. suppuratus, p.p. of suppurare to suppurate, Cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See pus.]

Defn: to generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.

Suppurate Sup"pu*rate, v. t.

Defn: to cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. Arbuthnot.