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putrefy


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Putrefy  \Pu"tre*fy\,  v.  t.  [Written  also  putrify.]  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Putrefied};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Putrefying}.]  [F.  putr['e]fier; 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Putrefy  \Pu"tre*fy\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  putrid;  to  decay  offensively;  to  rot.  --Isa.  1.  6. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  putrefy 
  v  :  become  putrid;  decay  with  an  offensive  smell;  "organic 
  matter  putrefies" 




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