Definitions

ulcerate

[uhl-suh-reyt] / ˈʌl səˌreɪt /

VERB

fester

Synonyms

STRONGEST

smolder

STRONG

aggravate blister canker chafe decay gall gather irk maturate putrefy rankle rot suppurate ulcer

Antonyms

STRONG

build delight flourish grow improve make happy please

WEAK

dissipate get better heal lessen

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Tell us no more of Weapon-Salve, But rather Doome us to a Grave: For sure our wounds will Ulcerate, Unlesse they’re wash’d with Chocolate.

From Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called The New Disease ; Fluxes, Consumptions, & Coughs of the Lungs, with sundry other desperate Diseases. By it also, Conception is Caused, the Birth Hastened and facilitated, Beauty Gain'd and continued. by Wadsworth, James

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