maturate

Definitions


[ˈmatʃʊreɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a boil, abscess, etc.) form pus
(e.g: if you got a wound in that country it never healed but festered white and maturated)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin maturat- ‘ripened, hastened’, from the verb maturare, from maturus (see mature)




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