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▪ I. † imˈpostumate, ppl. a. Obs. Also 8 -thumate. [Altered form of apostumate, apostemate ppl. a., after impostume.] Affected with impostumes; of the nature of an impostume. Also fig.1601 Holland Pliny xxvii. iv. II. 273 The leaves are singular good to be laid upon impostumat swellings. 1651–3 Jer....
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▪ I. impostume, -thume, n. Now rare. (ɪmˈpɒstjʊm) Forms: 5–6 em-, en-, im-, -postem(e, -tym(e, -tome, -tume, 6–8 impostem, 7 imposthim, 6– impostume, -thume. [a. OF. empostume (also in 16th c. Eng.), altered form of apostume, aposteme; see apostem. A word which has undergone unusual corruption both ...
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