arch. [f. L. exulcerāt- ppl. stem of exulcerāre, f. ex- intensive + ulcerāre to ULCERATE.]
† 1. trans. To cause ulcers in; to ulcerate.
1533. Elyot, Cast. Helthe, IV. ii. (1541), 78 b. Yf the reume be sharp … it doth exulcerate the lunges.
1650. Hubbert, Pill Formality, 13. Wounds and sores … will secretly exulcerate the flesh.
1732. Arbuthnot, Rules of Diet, 392. The stagnating Serum … exulcerates and putrifies the Bowels.
absol. 1607. Walkington, Opt. Glass, 62 b. Bitter & salt phleume … doth exulcerate.
1683. Salmon, Doron Med., I. 37. They exulcerate, cause Fevers.
2. fig. To fret as with an ulcer; to exasperate, irritate; to aggravate (a disease, sorrow).
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., III. 90. It is not easie to speake to the contentation of mindes exulcerated in themselues.
1638. Chillingw., Relig. Prot., I. v. § 64. 280. Professe this I cannot, but I must lye perpetually and exulcerate my conscience.
1653. Manton, Exp. James i. 16. [This] doth but prejudice men’s minds, and exulcerate them against our testimony.
absol. 1671. Milton, Samson, 633. Thoughts my tormentors … Exasperate, exulcerate, and raise Dire inflammation.
1842. Sir H. Taylor, Edwin the Fair, I. ii. Detraction that exulcerates.
† 3. intr. To break out into ulcers or sores. Obs.
1597. Lowe, Chirurg. (1634), 101. The cholericke humor … exulcerateth.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 49/1. The Eyes exvlcerate, or are inflamede.
1659. Lady Alimony, V. vi. in Hazl., Dodsley, XIV. 362. With balms to close the skin, And leave the wound t’ exulcerate within.
