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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Sphacelate

· Sphac·e·late · IPA
01 v. i. To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
imp. & p. p. Sphacelated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating
  1. 1.
    To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.(Med.)
02 v. t. To affect with gangrene.
  1. 1.
    To affect with gangrene.(Med.)
03 a. Affected with gangrene; mortified.
  1. 1.
    Affected with gangrene; mortified.(Med.)