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▪ I. † aˈpostemate, -umate, ppl. a. and n. Obs.
[f. med.L. apostēmāt- ppl. stem of apostēmā-ri to break into an apostem.]
A. adj. Formed into an ‘apostem’; festering.
1540T. Raynalde Birth Man. (1564) 94 b, Yf by chaunce..the mouth of the Matrix be exulcerate or appostumate. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., In a holowe apostumate and nyghe to a noble membre.
B. n. [Cf. late L. apostēmātia.] = apostem.
a1627Middleton Widow iv. ii, Have you no convulsions, pricking aches, sir, Ruptures, or apostemates?
▪ II. † aˈpostemate, -umate, v. Obs.
[f. prec. ppl. adj., or on analogy of vbs. so formed. Cf. Fr. apostumer 16th c. in Littré.]
(Mostly in pa. pple.)
1. pass. trans. To be affected with an ‘apostem.’
1582J. Hester Phiorav. Secr. ii. xix. 97 When [the wounde]..is neither cancrenated nor apostumated. 1615Crooke Body of Man 416 The heart ful of purulent matter; which deceiueth many vnskilfull people, who cry out that his heart was apostumated. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. ii. xlix. 320 Both sides are aposthumated.
2. intr. To form an ‘apostem’ or abscess; to fester.
1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 171 The leaues of Sorrell..cause to Apostumate the swellings of the eyes. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 641 A young Man..bruised the back of his Hand: it inflamed and apostemated. |