suppurating

Verb

suppurate (third-person singular simple present suppurates, present participle suppurating, simple past and past participle suppurated)

1. (intransitive) To form or discharge pus.
   • Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies.1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth
2. (transitive) To cause to generate pus.
   • to suppurate a sore