| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| suppurate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sup·pu·rate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s p y -r t |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sup·pu·rat·ed, sup·pu·rat·ing, sup·pu·rates
To form or discharge pus. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English suppuraten, from Latin supp rre, supprt- : sub-, sub- + ps, pr-, pus; see p - in Appendix I.
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