As a verb fester
is to become septic; to become rotten.
As a proper noun beal is
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fester English
Verb
( en verb)
To become septic; to become rotten.
* Milton
- Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
- Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
* Macaulay
- Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
To cause to fester or rankle.
* Marston
- For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.
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beal English
Noun
( en noun)
(dialectal, or, obsolete) A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
Verb
( en verb)
(dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
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