putrefy

[Pu·tre*fy]

When eggs rot, they putrefy or start to smell really, really bad. Putrefy is to begin stinking, usually when rotting or decomposing.

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

Verb
become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"


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

v. t.
To corrupt; to make foul.

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

v. i.
To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.


Putrefy

Pu"tre*fy , v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying .] [F. putr'82fier; 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.

Putrefy

Pu"tre*fy, v. i. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6.

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

To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

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