'Suppurate' definitions:

Definition of 'suppurate'

verb

Cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules" [syn: suppurate, mature]

verb

Ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" [syn: fester, maturate, suppurate]

From: GCIDE

Suppurate \Sup"pu*rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Suppurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppurating.] [L. suppuratus, p. p. of suppurare to suppurate, cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See Pus.] To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Suppurate \Sup"pu*rate\, v. t. To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]