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Putrefy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
(v. t.)
To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
(v. t.)
To corrupt; to make foul.
To corrupt; to make foul.
(v. i.)
To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
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\pu"tre*fy\, v. i. to become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
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putrefy
\pu"tre*fy\ (?), v. t. [written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. putrefied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. putrefying (&?;).] [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. they would but stink, and putrefy the air.
3. to make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
Verb
1. become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"
(hypernym) decay
(entail) smell
(derivation) putrefaction, rot
Putrefy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Putrefaction is one of seven stages in the decomposition of the body of a dead animal. It can be viewed, in broad terms, as the decomposition of proteins, in a process that results in the eventual breakdown of cohesion between tissues and the liquefaction of most organs.
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