maturate

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmatjʊreɪt/

verb

[no object] Medicine
  • (of a boil, abscess, etc.) form pus: if you got a wound in that country it never healed but festered white and maturated

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin maturat- 'ripened, hastened', from the verb maturare, from maturus (see mature)