| 单词 | to fester into |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fester into to fester into: to become or turn into as a result of festering (literal and figurative; cf. senses 1a, 4b). ΚΠ tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. l. 49 But kitte hem [sc. vine roots] not to nygh, lest they..feester into a wounde. 1648 T. Fuller Holy State (ed. 2) v. x. 378 Making the green wound of an errour, fester into the old sore of an Heresie. 1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iii. 184 Not to suffer our Displeasure to fester into Malice and Rancour. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 212 I must bear with infirmities until they fester into crimes. View more context for this quotation 1844 G. Ballingall Outl. Mil. Surg. 112 I see persons in whom every scratch festers into a sore, as in scurvy or scrofula. 1932 P. L. Crosby Patriotism 131 A pimple, through the irritation of a contaminated instrument, festers into a carbuncle. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Aug. 3 One little pimple was allowed to grow and fester into a boil that finally burst at Friday's press conference. < as lemmas |
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