Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- pret. and pp. cancerated, ppr. cancerating. [⟨ L. canceratus, adj., prop. pp. of
cancerare , inceptive cancerascere, become cancerous, ⟨ cancer, a cancer: seecancer .] To grow into a cancer; become cancerous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.
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- verb obsolete, intransitive To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.
Etymologies
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Latin canceratus eaten by a cancer.
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