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pustulate

Adjective, Verb (usu participle)

pus=tu=late

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pustulate(s = adj.all) acned, pimpled, pimply - (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin; Array

Derived form noun pustule₁

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]

pustulate, v. & adj.
--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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