PUTREFY

putrefy

(verb) become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; “organic matter putrefies”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

putrefy (third-person singular simple present putrefies, present participle putrefying, simple past and past participle putrefied)

To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.

To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.

To become gangrenous.

To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

To corrupt; to make foul.

Synonyms

• decay

• fester

• rot

Source: Wiktionary

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Pu"tre*fy, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied (; p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying (.] Etym: [F. putréfier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See Putrid, and -fy.]

1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

2. To corrupt; to make foul. Private suits do putrefy the public good. Bacon. They would but stink, and putrefy the air. Shak.

3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.

Pu"tre*fy, v. i.

Definition: To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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