VESICATE

blister, vesicate

(verb) get blistered; “Her feet blistered during the long hike”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

vesicate (third-person singular simple present vesicates, present participle vesicating, simple past and past participle vesicated)

To blister; to raise blisters on.

Source: Wiktionary


Ves"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vesicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesicating.] Etym: [See Vesicant.] (Med.)

Definition: To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister. Wiseman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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