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Definition of Fester

Fester
Fester Fes"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Festered; p. pr. & vb. n. Festering.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n.] 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.
Fester
Fester Fes"ter, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula.] 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.

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