·noun A festering or rankling.
II. Fester ·vt To cause to fester or rankle.
III. Fester ·noun A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
IV. Fester ·noun To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
V. Fester ·noun To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to Rankle.