Suppurate (verb)
sup-ur-ayt
Undergo the formation of pus; fester.
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to form pus’): based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + pus, pur- ‘pus’.
Example sentences
“The wound has suppurated, of that there can be no doubt.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
