Putrefy

['pjuːtrɪfaɪ]

Definition

(verb.) become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; 'organic matter putrefies'.

Editor: Warren--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

(v. t.) To corrupt; to make foul.

(v. t.) To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.

(v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

Checker: Reginald

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Corrupt, rot, render putrid.

v. n. Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.

Edited by Bessie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Rot, corrupt, decompose, decay

ANT:Preserve, embalm, freshen, Vitilize, purify, depurate, disinfect

Editor: Xenia

Definition

v.t. to make putrid or rotten: to corrupt.—v.i. to become putrid: to rot:—pa.t. and pa.p. pū′trefied.—adjs. Pūtred′inous having an offensive smell; Putrefā′cient (also n.) Putrefac′tive pertaining to or causing putrefaction.—ns. Putrefac′tion the act or process of putrefying: rottenness: corruption; Putrefac′tiveness; Putres′cence.—adjs. Putres′cent becoming putrid: pertaining to putrefaction; Pū′trid in a state of decay: showing putrefaction: stinking: rotten: corrupt.—ns. Putrid′ity Pū′tridness state of being putrid: corrupt matter: rottenness: corruption.—adj. Pū′trifiable liable to putrefy.

Typed by Elinor