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Putrefy
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6.