Definitions for: Fester

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: maturate, suppurate, suppurating sore

See Also: discharge, eject, expel, release, sore

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