▪ I. pustulate, a.
(ˈpʌstjʊlət)
[ad. late L. pustulāt-us, pa. pple. of pustulāre: see next.]
Furnished with, or having pustules; pustulous, pustular.
(In quot. 1607, perh. an error for pustulant.)
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 615 If the worme bee cut asunder in the wound, there issueth out of her such a venemous pustulate matter, that poysoneth the wound. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 126 The smooth exterior sometimes graduates into the pustulate. 1852 ― Crust. i. 90 Surface seriately pustulate, and pustules setigerous. |
▪ II. pustulate, v.
(ˈpʌstjʊleɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of late L. pustulāre, trans. and intr., f. pustula pustule.]
a. trans. To form into pustules. b. intr. To break out into or form pustules.
| 1732 Stackhouse Hist. Bible iii. iv. (1749) 364/2 Besides the blains pustulated to afflict his [Job's] body, the devil..instigated his wife to grieve his mind. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxxvii. 560 Sometimes the little vesicles [of prickly heat] may pustulate. |