Obs. [ad. L. ulcerātus, pa. pple. of ulcerāre: see next. So It. ulcerato, Sp. and Pg. ulcerado, F. ulcéré.] Ulcerated. Also fig.
a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc., 2. Bothe his buttokis was so vlcerat and putrefied with-in.
1541. R. Copland, Galyen’s Terap., 2 A iv. For the mystemperaunce of ye flesshe vlcerate, or for the gatheryng of humours.
1609. [Bp. W. Barlow], Answ. Nameless Cath., 104. Vlcerate Apostemes must be launced.
1654. Earl Monm., trans. Bentivoglio’s Wars Flanders, 367. So the ulcerate part of Flanders makes the body of your whole Empire daily languish.
1720. W. Gibson, Diet Horses, i. (1726), 17. When the Cornet is large, it denotes an over-great Relaxation and Moisture in that Part, which is apt to turn ulcerate.
