▪ I. † aˈpostemate, -umate, ppl. a. and n. Obs.
[f. med.L. apostēmāt- ppl. stem of apostēmā-ri to break into an apostem.]
A. adj. Formed into an ‘apostem’; festering.
| 1540 T. Raynalde Birth Man. (1564) 94 b, Yf by chaunce..the mouth of the Matrix be exulcerate or appostumate. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., In a holowe apostumate and nyghe to a noble membre. |
B. n. [Cf. late L. apostēmātia.] = apostem.
| a 1627 Middleton Widow iv. ii, Have you no convulsions, pricking aches, sir, Ruptures, or apostemates? |
▪ II. † aˈpostemate, -umate, v. Obs.
[f. prec. ppl. adj., or on analogy of vbs. so formed. Cf. Fr. apostumer 16th c. in Littré.]
(Mostly in pa. pple.)
1. pass. trans. To be affected with an ‘apostem.’
| 1582 J. Hester Phiorav. Secr. ii. xix. 97 When [the wounde]..is neither cancrenated nor apostumated. 1615 Crooke Body of Man 416 The heart ful of purulent matter; which deceiueth many vnskilfull people, who cry out that his heart was apostumated. 1671 Salmon Syn. Med. ii. xlix. 320 Both sides are aposthumated. |
2. intr. To form an ‘apostem’ or abscess; to fester.
| 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 171 The leaues of Sorrell..cause to Apostumate the swellings of the eyes. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 641 A young Man..bruised the back of his Hand: it inflamed and apostemated. |