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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: festering adj : having undergone infection; "festering sores"; "an infected wound" [syn: {infected}, {purulent}, {pussy}, {putrid}] n 1: the formation and discharge of pus [syn: {suppuration}] 2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {purulence}, {suppuration}, {ichor}, {sanies}]
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