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Meanings of fester in English
Synonyms
Examples for "suppurate"
Examples for "suppurate"
1
G. But you wanted to know-Thenthese things suppurate and matterate and spread-
2
And did the wound suppurate, or heal by the first intention?
3
Also the wounds in the thigh began to suppurate.
4
Foreign bodies loose in the abdominal cavity are sometimes voided at stool, or may suppurate externally.
5
Miss H. has small pustules and great inflammation of her arms, with but one pustule likely to suppurate.
1
This includes pyramidal neurons that maturate during the embryonic phase.
2
The consequences frequently are inflammation and eruptions which maturate.
3
In the first instance it produced a few pustules, which did not maturate; but in the subsequent cases none appeared.-E.
4
The affection in my face soon terminated in three or four pustules attended with inflammation, but which did not maturate, and I was presently well.
5
A few pustules now appeared, the greater part of which went away without maturating.
Usage of fester in English
1
Then they fester, and I shall pay the price for my mistake.
2
Jealousy had began to fester in the breasts of the African princes.
3
Yet, at the same time, she hated letting the situation fester overnight.
4
He accused Labour of allowing antisemitism to fester under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
5
Leave this here to fester and he would never get to England.
6
If we falter in this now, this unfairness and resentment will fester.
7
If the wound doesn't fester, he could mend. He turned to Sekora.
8
She's a heap easier to lainch, an' she'll sail a heap fester.
9
They said such delays caused anxiety and allowed suspicion to fester.
10
They allowed it to fester and build up without reporting it to authorities.
11
I may be able to determine where large groups of the possessed fester.
12
Low-level officers say the high command has allowed all those grievances to fester.
13
And it only takes a couple of days for the sores to fester.
14
Until the collective get their act together, the unrest will continue to fester.
15
No, but it proved that things shouldn't be allowed to fester.
16
Yet his heart still seemed to fester with the venom of the dagger.
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Fester across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common