Fester

v. i.	1.	To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. [imp. & p. p. Festered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Festering.] Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. - Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. - South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. - Macaulay.
	2.	To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
v. t.	1.	To cause to fester or rankle. For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast. - Marston.
n.	1.	A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
	2.	A festering or rankling. The fester of the chain their necks. - I. Taylor.

Noun	1.	fester - a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus Synonyms: suppurating sore
Verb	1.	fester - ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" Synonyms: suppurate, maturate

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