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Rankle


1. (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
2. (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
3. (v. t.) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.


This definition(s) of Rankle is taken from Websters 1913 Dictionary.



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