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Putrefy   Listen
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Putrefy  v. t.  (past & past part. putrefied; pres. part. putrefying)  (Written also putrify)  
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.





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"Putrefy" Quotes from Famous Books



... "It will putrefy, just the same," said the older brother. Then an idea came to the injured man. In order to preserve the fish when the boat was long at sea, they packed it in salt, ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant


Words linked to "Putrefy" :   smell, putrefactive, putrefaction, decay


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