Imposthume

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  • n. an abscess
  • v. to form an abscess
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
  • v. Same as imposthumate.
  • Word Usage
    "When I first took this task in hand, et quod ait [60] ille, impellents genio negotium suscepi, this I aimed at; [61] vel ut lenirem animum scribendo, to ease my mind by writing; for I had gravidum cor, foetum caput, a kind of imposthume in my head, which I was very desirous to be unladen of, and could imagine no fitter evacuation than this."
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