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(), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Festered (); p. pr. & vb. n.Festering.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n.] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay. 2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. Fes°ter v. t.To cause to fester or rankle. For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast. Marston. Fes"ter n.[OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula.] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. 2. A festering or rankling. The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor. スポンサード リンク
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