Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) To generate pus; to become inflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
2. (n.) To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
3. (v. t.) To cause to fester or rankle.
4. (n.) A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
5. (n.) A festering or rankling.
Strong's Hebrew
4743. maqaq -- to decay, rot, fester, pine away... << 4742, 4743. maqaq. 4744 >>. to decay, rot,
fester, pine away. Transliteration:
maqaq Phonetic Spelling: (maw-kak') Short Definition: rot. Word Origin a prim.
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