cancerate

[ kan-suh-reyt ]

verb (used without object),can·cer·at·ed, can·cer·at·ing.
  1. to become cancerous; develop into cancer.

Origin of cancerate

1
First recorded in 1680–90, cancerate is from the Late Latin word cancerātus cancerous. See cancer, -ate1

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