CANCERATE

Etymology

Verb

cancerate (third-person singular simple present cancerates, present participle cancerating, simple past and past participle cancerated)

(obsolete, intransitive) To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

Anagrams

• Cretacean, reactance

Source: Wiktionary

Can"cer*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cancerated.] Etym: [LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer.]

Definition: To grow into a canser; to become cancerous. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition