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PU'TREFY, v.t. [L. putrefacio; putris,putrid, and facio, to make.]

1. To cause to dissolve; to disorganize and reduce to the simple constituent elements, as animal or vegetable bodies; to cause to rot. Heat and moisture soon putrefy dead flesh or vegetables.

2. To corrupt; to make foul; as, to putrefy the air. [Little used.]

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

PU'TREFY, v.i. To dissolve and return to the original distinct elements, as animal and vegetable substances deprived of the living principle; to rot.

1913 Definition
Putrefy (putrefy)
v. t.(?)
Pu"tre*fy
[Written also putrify.] [imp. *** p. p. Putrefied (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n. Putrefying (&?]).] [F. putréfier; L. putrere to be rotten + - ficare (in. com
  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.
  4. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
    Isa. 1. 6.

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