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▪ I. † imˈpostumate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 8 -thumate.
[Altered form of apostumate, apostemate ppl. a., after impostume.]
Affected with impostumes; of the nature of an impostume. Also fig.
1601Holland Pliny xxvii. iv. II. 273 The leaves are singular good to be laid upon impostumat swellings. 1651–3Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 187 He let his finger alone, and told him that his liver was impostumate. 1725Pope Odyss. xx. 358 This lord Ulysses ey'd; And thus burst out th' imposthumate with pride. 1754–64Smellie Midwif. I. 132 The ovaria are sometimes..inflamed, impostumate [etc.].
▪ II. † imˈpostumate, v. Obs.
Also 7–8 -thumate.
[Altered form of apostumate, apostemate v., after impostume; cf. prec.]
1. trans. To affect with an impostume; to cause an impostume in. Also fig.
1592Nashe 4 Lett. Confut. L ij b, To corrupt the aire and impostumate mens ears with their pan-pudding prose. 1646Buck Rich. III, 53 So much our vices impostumate our fames. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 220 Some fresh Stone having..impostumated the Kidney.
2. intr. To swell into an impostume, to form an ulcerous tumour; to fester, ‘gather’. Also fig.
1607Markham Caval. i. (1617) 68 Grosse and impostumating humors. Ibid. vii. 71 When those kernels doe swel and impostumate outwardly. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull i. viii, The bruise imposthumated, and afterwards turned to a stinking ulcer. 1762R. Guy Pract. Obs. Cancers 162 The Lump soon afterwards impostumated. |