n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: can · kered ; can · ker · ing \ ' ka ŋ -k( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 obsolete : to infect with a spreading sore
2 : to corrupt the spirit of
intransitive verb
1 : to become infested with canker
2 : to become corrupted