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putrefying |
1 definition 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.
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