fester

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: suppurating sorematuratesuppurate

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a sore that has become inflamed and formed pusSynonyms: suppurating sore

Verb (1)

  1. ripen and generate pus“her wounds are festering”Synonyms: maturatesuppurate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fester \Fes`ter\, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. [1913 Webster]

For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast. --Marston. [1913 Webster]

Fester \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. [1913 Webster]

Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester.— South.[1913 Webster]
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. [1913 Webster]

Fester \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. [1913 Webster]

2.A festering or rankling. [1913 Webster]

The fester of the chain their necks.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
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