suppurate

verb

Etymology: From Latin suppūrātus, past participle of suppūrō, from pūr-, stem of pūs.

1. To form or discharge pus.

   “Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies.”

   “The only difference being Bezos was worth $60.7bn, while Bloodworth and his fellow “associates” walked back at midnight to fetid digs “with heavy legs supporting suppurating feet which over the course of the day had puffed up half a size bigger”.”

2. To cause to generate pus.

   “to suppurate a sore”