Category:Putrefy

Pu"tre*fy, v. t. [written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied (P. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying (.] Etym: [f. putréfier; l. putrere to be Rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See putrid, And -fy.]

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.

Putrefy Pu"tre*fy, v. i.

Defn: to become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6.