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   Mat·u·rate

   /ˈmaCHəˌrāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a boil, abscess, etc.) form pus: "if you got a wound in that country it never healed but festered white and maturated"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin maturat- ‘ripened, hastened’, from the verb maturare, from maturus (see mature).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   • A

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   • R

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   • A

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   • T

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