Suppurate \Sup"pu*rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Suppurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppurating.]

[L. suppuratus, p. p. of suppurare to suppurate, cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See Pus.]

To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)