Fester — Defs

01 v. i. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.

imp. & p. p. Festered; p. pr. & vb. n. Festering

1.
To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
“Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene.” — Milton.

“Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester.” — South.

“Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.” — Macaulay.
2.
To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.

02 v. t. To cause to fester or rankle.

1.
To cause to fester or rankle.
“For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast.” — Marston.

03 n. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.

1.
A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
2.
A festering or rankling.
“The fester of the chain their necks.” — I. Taylor.