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apostemate

apostemate verb: to become an aposteme; to pustulate.

Verb

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

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

Forms of apostemate

third-person singular presentapostemates
present participleapostemating
past participleapostemated
pastapostemated

Origin of apostemate

From aposteme + -ate.

Questions about apostemate

What does apostemate mean?
Apostemate means to become an aposteme; to pustulate.
What part of speech is apostemate?
Apostemate is a verb.
What is the past tense of apostemate?
The past tense of apostemate is apostemated.

Words near apostemate in the dictionary

  1. apostatize
  2. apostatized
  3. apostatizes
  4. apostatizing
  5. apostaxis
  6. apostemate
  7. apostemated
  8. apostemates
  9. apostemating
  10. apostemation
  11. apostemations

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