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Fester Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fester? [n] a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus [v] ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fester: maturate \| suppurate \| suppurating sore Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fester: abscess \| afflict \| agonize \| ail \| aposteme \| bed sore \| bite \| blain \| bleb \| blister \| boil \| break up \| bubo \| bulla \| bunion \| burn \| canker \| canker sore \| carbuncle \| chafe \| chancre \| chancroid \| chilblain \| cold sore \| convulse \| corrupt \| crucify \| crumble \| crumble into dust \| cut \| decay \| decompose \| disintegrate \| distress \| eschar \| excruciate \| fall into decay \| fall to pieces \| felon \| festering \| fever blister \| fistula \| fret \| furuncle \| furunculus \| gall \| gangrene \| gathering \| give pain \| gnaw \| go bad \| go to pieces \| grate \| grind \| gripe \| gumboil \| harrow \| hemorrhoids \| hurt \| inflame \| inflict pain \| irritate \| kibe \| kill by inches \| lacerate \| lesion \| martyr \| martyrize \| matter \| mildew \| mold \| molder \| mortify \| necrose \| nip \| ooze \| pain \| papula \| papule \| paronychia \| parulis \| petechia \| pierce \| piles \| pimple \| pinch \| pock \| polyp \| prick \| prolong the agony \| pustule \| put to torture \| putrefy \| putresce \| rack \| rankle \| rasp \| ripen \| rising \| rot \| rub \| run \| scab \| smoulder \| soft chancre \| sore \| sphacelate \| spoil \| stab \| stigma \| sting \| sty \| suppurate \| suppuration \| swelling \| torment \| torture \| tubercle \| tweak \| twist \| ulcer \| ulcerate \| ulceration \| wale \| weep \| welt \| wheal \| whelk \| whitlow \| wound \| wring See Also \| discharge \| eject \| expel \| release \| sore Fester In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Fester Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fester?

[n] a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
[v] ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fester: maturate | suppurate | suppurating sore

Fester In Webster's Dictionary

\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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