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Cancerate

Cancerate \Can"cer*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cancerated.] [LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer.] To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.
--Boyle.

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cancerate

vb. (context obsolete intransitive English) To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.