† impostumateadj.

Forms: Also 1700s -thumate.

Etymology: Altered form of apostumate, apostemate adj., after imposthume n.

Obsolete.

Affected with impostumes; of the nature of an impostume. Also figurative.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > affected with

impostumedc1400

impostumated1576

impostumate1601

abscessed1742

buboed1828

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvii. iv. 273 The leaves are singular good to be laid upon impostumat swellings.

1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 187 He let his finger alone, and told him that his liver was impostumate.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 358 This lord Ulysses ey'd, And thus burst out, th' imposthumate with pride.

1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 132 The ovaria are sometimes..inflamed, impostumate [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† impostumatev.

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s -thumate.

Etymology: Altered form of apostumate, apostemate v., after imposthume n.; compare impostumate adj.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To affect with an impostume; to cause an impostume in. Also figurative.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > cause suppuration [verb (transitive)] > affect with abscess

apostemate1582

impostumate1592

impostumea1657

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes L ij b To corrupt the aire and impostumate mens ears with their pan-pudding prose.

1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III 53 So much our vices impostumate our fames.

1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxvi. 231 Some fresh Stone having..impostumated the Kidney.

2. intransitive. To swell into an impostume, to form an ulcerous tumour; to fester, ‘gather’. Also figurative.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > suppurate [verb (intransitive)] > form abscess

impostumec1400

aposteme1525

apostemate1600

impostumate1607

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 68 Grosse or impostumating humors.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vii. 70 When those kernels do swel and impostumate outwardly.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit viii. 15 The Bruise imposthumated, and afterwards turn'd to a stinking Ulcer.

1762 R. Guy Pract. Observ. Cancers 162 The Lump soon afterwards impostumated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	impostumate
释义	† impostumateadj. Forms: Also 1700s -thumate. Etymology: Altered form of apostumate, apostemate adj., after imposthume n. Obsolete. Affected with impostumes; of the nature of an impostume. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > affected with impostumedc1400 impostumated1576 impostumate1601 abscessed1742 buboed1828 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvii. iv. 273 The leaves are singular good to be laid upon impostumat swellings. 1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 187 He let his finger alone, and told him that his liver was impostumate. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 358 This lord Ulysses ey'd, And thus burst out, th' imposthumate with pride. 1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 132 The ovaria are sometimes..inflamed, impostumate [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † impostumatev. Forms: Also 1600s–1700s -thumate. Etymology: Altered form of apostumate, apostemate v., after imposthume n.; compare impostumate adj. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To affect with an impostume; to cause an impostume in. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > cause suppuration [verb (transitive)] > affect with abscess apostemate1582 impostumate1592 impostumea1657 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes L ij b To corrupt the aire and impostumate mens ears with their pan-pudding prose. 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III 53 So much our vices impostumate our fames. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxvi. 231 Some fresh Stone having..impostumated the Kidney. 2. intransitive. To swell into an impostume, to form an ulcerous tumour; to fester, ‘gather’. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > suppurate [verb (intransitive)] > form abscess impostumec1400 aposteme1525 apostemate1600 impostumate1607 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 68 Grosse or impostumating humors. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vii. 70 When those kernels do swel and impostumate outwardly. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit viii. 15 The Bruise imposthumated, and afterwards turn'd to a stinking Ulcer. 1762 R. Guy Pract. Observ. Cancers 162 The Lump soon afterwards impostumated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1601v.1592
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