▪ I. † eˈxulcerate, a. Obs.
[ad. L. exulcerāt-us, pa. pple. of exulcerā-re: see next.]
1. = exulcerated 1.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde p. 1 As yf intestinum rectum be exulcerat. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 168 The said green figs..doe cure the wens or exulcerat bunches. 1683 Salmon Doron Med. i. 310 The cure of exulcerate Erysipelas. |
2. fig. Fretted as by an ulcer; vexed; also diseased, disordered. Cf. exulcerated 2.
| c 1592 Bacon Observ. Libel Wks. 1862 VIII. 192 Finding the king's mind so exulcerate, as he rejected all counsel. 1609 Holland Amm. Marceil. xv. v. 38 Vrsicinus, alreadie exulcerate and carrying rancour in his heart. 1659 Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. 56 In this exulcerate business, so much moderation..hath shined forth in the King of Great Britain. 1684 H. More Answ. Remarks Exp. Apocal. 125 Their exulcerate rage at the Rising of the Witnesses. |
▪ II. exulcerate, v. arch.
(ɛgˈzʌlsəreɪt)
[f. L. exulcerāt- ppl. stem of exulcerāre, f. ex- intensive + ulcerāre to ulcerate.]
† 1. trans. To cause ulcers in; to ulcerate.
| 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe iv. ii. (1541) 78 b, Yf the reume be sharp..it doth exulcerate the lunges. 1650 T. Hubbert Pill Formality 13 Wounds and sores..will secretly exulcerate the flesh. 1732 Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 392 The stagnating Serum..exulcerates and putrifies the Bowels. |
| absol. 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass 63 Bitter and salt phleume..doth exulcerate. 1683 Salmon Doron Med. i. 37 They exulcerate, cause Fevers. |
2. fig. To fret as with an ulcer; to exasperate, irritate; to aggravate (a disease, sorrow).
| 1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. iii. 90 It is not easie to speake to the contentation of mindes exulcerated in themselues. 1638 Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. v. §64. 280 Professe this I cannot, but I must lye perpetually and exulcerate my conscience. 1653 Manton Exp. James i. 16 [This] doth but prejudice men's minds, and exulcerate them against our testimony. |
| absol. 1671 Milton Samson 633 Thoughts my tormentors..Exasperate, exulcerate, and raise Dire inflammation. 1842 Sir H. Taylor Edwin the Fair i. ii, Detraction that exulcerates. |
† 3. intr. To break out into ulcers or sores. Obs.
| 1597 Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 101 The cholericke humor..exulcerateth. 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 49/1 The Eyes exulcerate, or are inflamed. 1659 Lady Alimony v. vi. in Hazl. Dodsley XIV. 362 With balms to close the skin, And leave the wound t' exulcerate within. |