▪ I. † ˈgangrenate, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[f. gangrene n. + -ate2.]
In a state of gangrene.
| 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. x. xi. (1678) 238 A putrid..vapour, exhaling from the hurt and gangrenate part of the Brain. |
▪ II. † ˈgangrenate, v. Obs.
Also 6 cancrenate, 7 gangrinate, gangreenate.
[f. as prec. + -ate3.]
1. intr. To become gangrenous.
| 1753 N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat 45 The Lungs, being over-heated, ulcerate and gangrenate. |
2. trans. To make gangrenous. In quot. fig.
| 1660 Speech to Gen. Monk 1 Ambition that did Gangrinate the State. |
Hence † ˈgangrenated ppl. a., gangrened.
| 1582 [see cancrenated]. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 163 Like the colour of a gangrenated or mortified member. 1693 Salmon Bate's Disp. iii. (1713) 121/2 Outwardly, it is anointed upon gangreenated Parts. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 185, I..found..a black gangrenated Spot. |