† suppurev.
Medicine. Obsolete.
intransitive. = suppurate v. Occasionally also transitive.
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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 45v Þt [read yt] bihoueþ for to digeste & suppure it with cathaplasmatez suppuratiuez.
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 170 If oile be put wiþ alle, it is made more maturatif, And if þer be clene & pure brede, it suppureth more.
1596 P. Lowe Easie Method to cure Spanish Sicknes sig. E3v It happeneth that the vlcers suppure not well, but remaines [sic] hard, tumified, and sordid, the borders turned ouer, resisting all common remedies.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Maturer,..to matter, to suppure.
1651 N. Culpeper Key Galen's Method Physick in Physical Directory (ed. 3) 170/1 Therefore such things are said to suppure, which by a gentle heat cherish the inbred heat of man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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