matterate

[ mat-uh-reyt ]

verb (used without object),mat·ter·at·ed, mat·ter·at·ing.New England, Upstate New York, and Southern U.S..
  1. to fester; suppurate.

Origin of matterate

1
Perhaps by folk etymology from maturate

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