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Verb: suppurate  'sú-pyu`reyt
  1. Cause to ripen and discharge pus
    "The oil suppurates the pustules"
    - mature, age []
     
  2. Ripen and generate pus
    "her wounds are suppurating"
    - fester, maturate

Derived forms: suppurated, suppurating, suppurates

See also: suppuration, suppurative

Type of: discharge, draw, eject, exhaust, expel, release

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