Definition of "maturate" [mat•u•rate]

• To mature, ripen, or develop. (verb-intransitive)
• To suppurate. (verb-intransitive)
• To cause to suppurate. (verb-transitive)

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• "The affection in my face soon terminated in three or four pustules attended with inflammation, but which did not maturate, and I was presently well."
• "The consequences frequently are inflammation and eruptions which maturate."
• "In the first instance it produced a few pustules, which did not maturate; but in the subsequent cases none appeared. —"