suppurate
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The diseased action extends into the throat, mouth and eyes, while the whole face becomes swollen and erysipelatous, and the lymphatic glands under the jaws inflame and suppurate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
The head swells to an enormous extent, becoming so heavy that the animal cannot support it, and therefore drags it along the ground; the ears suppurate.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
When boils progress to the stage where they appear about to "point" then stop and do not suppurate, Echinacea is the remedy.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Scrophulous tumours are sometimes absorbed, and sometimes brought to suppurate by passing electric shocks through them daily for two or three weeks.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
The testis in men is also liable to suppurate with great pain, long confinement, and much danger; and lastly the affection of the brain is fatal to many.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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Beowulf
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Novel Study: Beowulf (trans. Seamus Heaney), Lines 1905–3182
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