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sup⋅pu⋅rate

  [suhp-yuh-reyt]
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–verb (used without object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
Origin:
1555–65; < L suppūrātus (ptp. of suppūrāre), equiv. to sup- sup- + pūr- (s. of pūs) pus + -ātus -ate 1
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sup·pu·rate   (sŭp'yə-rāt')   
intr.v.   sup·pu·rat·ed, sup·pu·rat·ing, sup·pu·rates
To form or discharge pus.

[Middle English suppuraten, from Latin suppūrāre, suppūrāt- : sub-, sub- + pūs, pūr-, pus; see p- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry: sup·pu·rate
Pronunciation: 's&p-y&-"rAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -rat·ed;-rat·ing
: to form or discharge pus suppurating wound>
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suppurate sup·pu·rate (sŭp'yə-rāt')
v. sup·pu·rat·ed, sup·pu·rat·ing, sup·pu·rates
To form or discharge pus.

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