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apostemating

apostemating is the present participle and gerund of apostemate.

Meaning of apostemate

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

Questions about apostemating

What is apostemating the present participle and gerund of?
Apostemating is the present participle and gerund of apostemate.

Words near apostemating in the dictionary

  1. apostatizing
  2. apostaxis
  3. apostemate
  4. apostemated
  5. apostemates
  6. apostemating
  7. apostemation
  8. apostemations
  9. apostematous
  10. aposteme
  11. apostemes

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