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Pustulate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Pustulate has 1 sense
- pustulate(s = adj.all) acned, pimpled, pimply - (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin; Array Derived form noun pustule1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pustulate, v. t. [L. pustulatus, p. p. of pustulare to blister, fr. pustula. See Pustule.].
To form into pustules, or blisters. [1913 Webster]
Pustulate, a.
Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pustulate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. & intr. form into pustules.
--adj. of or relating to a pustule or pustules.
--v.tr. & intr. form into pustules.
--adj. of or relating to a pustule or pustules.
Derivative
pustulation n.
Etymology
LL pustulare f. pustula: see PUSTULE
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