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Fester vs Sester - What's the difference?

fester | sester |

As a verb fester

is to become septic; to become rotten.

As a noun sester is

(history) 1 as a liquid measure for honey and wine between 24 and 32 ounces 2 a dry measure for grain maybe equal to 12 bushels.

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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    sester

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (history) 1. As a liquid measure for honey and wine. Between 24 and 32 ounces. 2. A dry measure for grain. Maybe equal to 12 bushels.

    • References

    *Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration . London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.511

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