Both Uses of
fester
in
The Two Towers
- I grieve that so much that was good now festers in the tower.†
Chpt 3.10 *festers = (of an injury) gets inflamed and creates pus OR (generally) gets worse -- especially through inattention
- But always they found its outward faces sheer, high and impassable, frowning over the plain below; beyond its tumbled skirts lay livid festering marshes where nothing moved and not even a bird was to be seen.†
Chpt 4.1festering = (of an injury) getting inflammation and creating pus OR (generally) getting worse -- especially through inattention
Definition:
to grow worse or more intense over time, especially when ignored; or, in the case of a wound, to become inflamed and filled with pus