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Definition of Festered
1. fester [v] - See also: fester
Lexicographical Neighbors of Festered
Literary usage of Festered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"... —ire, van. i. and 3. to anger, Irritate, make gangrenous ; en. to become
irritated, festered, ..."
2. Guesses at Truth by Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1847)
"scale, and that in his solitude in St Helena such malignity festered in his heart,
as made him leave a legacy of ten thousand franks to a man for having ..."
3. A treatise on the structure, functions, and diseases of the foot and leg of by William Charles Spooner (1840)
"festered Corns. — It occasionally happens that corns fester — matter is formed,
which, not being allowed any depending opening, rises upwards in the course ..."
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