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PUTREFY
putrefy
(verb) become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; “organic matter putrefies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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