canceratev.

Brit.

/ˈkansəreɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkænsəˌreɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: cancer n., -ate suffix³.

Etymology: < cancer n. + -ate suffix³, after post-classical Latin cancerare to become cancerous (4th cent.; 3rd cent. in sense ‘to make cancerous’). Compare earlier cancerated adj. and also canceration n.

Now rare.

intransitive. To become cancerous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > become cancerous

canker1600

cancerate1670

1670 Acct. Causes Distempers 22 He hit her Left Breast with his Hand, which caus'd it to Cancerate.

1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 2) 95 But striking his fist upon the point of a nail in the wall, his hand cancerated.

1721 J. Handley Mech. Ess. Animal Oecon. 228 The worst Mischief to these Parts is, from a Lodgment of some Heterogene Matter upon their Glands, which inclines them to Cancerate.

1957 S. L. Robbins Textbk. Pathol. xxi. 759/1 As has often been quoted, ‘cancers commonly ulcerate, but ulcers rarely cancerate’.

2007 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chem. 15 1185/2 The dictum ‘cancers ulcerate but ulcers rarely cancerate’ holds true for most peptic ulcers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cancerate
释义	canceratev. Brit. /ˈkansəreɪt/, U.S. /ˈkænsəˌreɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: cancer n., -ate suffix³. Etymology: < cancer n. + -ate suffix³, after post-classical Latin cancerare to become cancerous (4th cent.; 3rd cent. in sense ‘to make cancerous’). Compare earlier cancerated adj. and also canceration n. Now rare. intransitive. To become cancerous. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > become cancerous canker1600 cancerate1670 1670 Acct. Causes Distempers 22 He hit her Left Breast with his Hand, which caus'd it to Cancerate. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 2) 95 But striking his fist upon the point of a nail in the wall, his hand cancerated. 1721 J. Handley Mech. Ess. Animal Oecon. 228 The worst Mischief to these Parts is, from a Lodgment of some Heterogene Matter upon their Glands, which inclines them to Cancerate. 1957 S. L. Robbins Textbk. Pathol. xxi. 759/1 As has often been quoted, ‘cancers commonly ulcerate, but ulcers rarely cancerate’. 2007 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chem. 15 1185/2 The dictum ‘cancers ulcerate but ulcers rarely cancerate’ holds true for most peptic ulcers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1670
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