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Festered

Fester \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.

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festered

vb. (en-past of: fester)

Usage examples of "festered".

Even if the poor wretches survived the tribulation, they could die if the wound festered, or be left maimed for life.

King Danube will find his strength in Duke Kalas and in the others who have been his supporters since before Jilseponie, since before the demon dactyl and the misery that has festered in the kingdom and in the Abellican Church.

Everywhere it touched, the skin festered and burst into red-black sores of diseased corruption.