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English
Etymology
aposteme + -ate.
Verb
apostemate (third-person singular simple present apostemates, present participle apostemating, simple past and past participle apostemated)
- To become an aposteme; to pustulate.
1734, Richard Wiseman, Eight Chirurgical Treatises, volume 1, page 167:[…] and afterwards the Breaſt ſwelled, and ſeemed to apoſtemate.
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