v. i.
Wounds immedicable
Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. [ 1913 Webster ]
For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate,
And festered ranking malice in my breast. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula. ]
The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A festering. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]