Putrefy
21putrefy — [ pju:trɪfʌɪ] verb (putrefies, putrefying, putrefied) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell. Derivatives putrefaction noun putrefactive adjective Origin ME: via Fr. from L. putrefacere, from puter, putr rotten …
22putrefy — I. v. a. Corrupt, rot, render putrid. II. v. n. Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid …
23putrefy — verb (I, T) formal if a dead animal or plant putrefies, it decays and smells very bad …
24putrefy — verb (I, T) formal if a dead animal or plant putrefies, it decays and smells very bad …
25putrefy — v rot, decay, go bad, deteriorate, disintegrate; decompose, addle, spoil, taint, curdle, stale, fust; putresce, stagnate, canker, fester, suppurate, sicken; Pathol. sphaculate, Pathol. mortify, Pathol. gangrene, Pathol. necrose …
26putrefy — pu·tre·fy …
27putrefy — pu•tre•fy [[t]ˈpyu trəˌfaɪ[/t]] v. fied, fy•ing 1) pat to become putrid; rot 2) pat to become gangrenous 3) pat to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < MF putrefier < VL *putreficāre, for… …
28putrefy — [c]/ˈpjutrəfaɪ / (say pyoohtruhfuy) verb (putrefied, putrefying) –verb (t) 1. to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive smell. –verb (i) 2. to become putrid; rot. 3. to become gangrenous. {Middle English putrefie(n), from Old… …
29putrefy — v.i.,v.t. rot; decay; fester. ♦ putrefacient, putrefactive, a. pertaining to or causing putrefaction; n. such thing. ♦ putrefaction, n. ♦ putresce, v.i. & t. ♦ putrescent, a. decaying; tending to decay. ♦ putrescence, n. ♦… …
30putrefy — v. ( ies, ied) 1 intr. & tr. become or make putrid; go bad. 2 intr. fester, suppurate. 3 intr. become morally corrupt. Derivatives: putrefacient adj. putrefaction n. putrefactive adj. Etymology: ME f. L putrefacere f. puter putris rotten …
