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Etymology

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From aposteme +‎ -ate.

Verb

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apostemate (third-person singular simple present apostemates, present participle apostemating, simple past and past participle apostemated)

  1. To become an aposteme; to pustulate.
    • 1734, Richard Wiseman, Eight Chirurgical Treatises[1], volume 1, page 167:
      [] and afterwards the Breaſt ſwelled, and ſeemed to apoſtemate.
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