MEANING
to produce or discharge pus
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Words that belong together
- suppurating wound
- an abscess suppurates
- begin to suppurate
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The wound began to suppurate beneath the bandage.
An abscess suppurated at the edge of the scar.
By dawn, the puncture was suppurating.
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Word forms
- Base
- suppurate / suppurates
- Past tense
- suppurated
- Past participle
- suppurated
- Present participle
- suppurating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- suppurate / suppurates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are suppurating
- Present perfect
- have/has suppurated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been suppurating
- Past
- suppurated
- Past continuous
- was/were suppurating
- Past perfect
- had suppurated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been suppurating
- Future
- will suppurate / suppurates
- Future continuous
- will be suppurating
- Future perfect
- will have suppurated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been suppurating
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Usage notes
Primary curation section: Horror. Medical and uncommon in ordinary speech. Specifies pus formation, not simply bleeding, rotting, or being sore. suppurate; suppurates; suppurated; suppurated; suppurating. Related noun: suppuration.
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