exulcerate

English

Etymology

From Latin exulcerātus, perfect passive participle of exulcerō.

Pronunciation

(adjective) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzʌlsəɹət/
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(verb) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzʌlsəɹeɪt/
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Adjective

exulcerate (comparative more exulcerate, superlative most exulcerate)

(obsolete) Very sore; ulcerated.

Verb

exulcerate (third-person singular simple present exulcerates, present participle exulcerating, simple past and past participle exulcerated)

To ulcerate.
- 1661, John Evelyn, Fumifugium:
  To exulcerate the lungs.
To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
  Minds exulcerated in themselves.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “exulcerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

exulcerāte

second-person plural present active imperative of exulcerō

Spanish

Verb

exulcerate

second-person singular voseo imperative of exulcerar combined with te

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