[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cankered \can"kered\, a.
   1. affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
      1913 webster

   2. affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore,
      envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. "a cankered
      grandam's will." --shak.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canker \can"ker\ ka^ng"k~er, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   cankered -k~erd; p. pr.  vb. n. cankering.
   1. to affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to
      consume.
      1913 webster

            no lapse of moons can canker love.    --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2. to infect or pollute; to corrupt. --addison.
      1913 webster

            a tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
                                                  --herbert.
      1913 webster
see also:
cankered cankering 

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