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verb (used with object)
1.
to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English putrefien < Middle French putrefier < Vulgar Latin *putreficāre, for Latin putrefacere to make rotten
1350–1400; Middle English putrefien < Middle French putrefier < Vulgar Latin *putreficāre, for Latin putrefacere to make rotten
Related forms
pu·tre·fi·a·ble, adjective
pu·tre·fi·er, noun
un·pu·tre·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·pu·tre·fied, adjective
Synonyms
2. decompose, spoil.
2. decompose, spoil.
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putrefy pu·tre·fy (py&oomacr;'trə-fī')
v. pu·tre·fied, pu·tre·fy·ing, pu·tre·fies
To become decayed or cause to decay and have a foul odor.
To make or become gangrenous.
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