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- [1] : 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
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cankered cankering
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