Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-UL'CER-ATE
EX-UL'CER-ATE, v.t. [L. exulcero; ex and ulcero, to ulcerate, ulcus, an ulcer.]
- To cause or produce an ulcer or ulcers. Arbuthnot. Encyc.
- To afflict; to corrode; to fret or anger. Milton.
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