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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[A corruption of

aposteme

. See

A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.

Verb.

Same as

Syn. – Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See

Noun.

impos'tume. [This word is a corruption of apostem, L. apostema; Gr. to separate, to withdraw, or to stand off; to stand.]

An abscess; a collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body.

[This word and its derivatives, being mere corruptions, might well be suffered to pass into oblivion.]

Verb.

The same as imposthumate.