Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To form into an abscess; swell and fill with pus.
  • Formed into an apostem; festering.
  • noun Same as apostem.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To become an aposteme; to pustulate.

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