Putrefy

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.

Compare putrefy with other words:

putrefy vs. putrify

putrefy vs. putrescence

putrefaction vs. putrefy

putrefy vs. putrescent

putrefy vs. putrid

putrefy vs. rot

fester vs. putrefy

decay vs. putrefy

gangrenous vs. putrefy

bile vs. putrefy

decomposition vs. putrefy

pus vs. putrefy

decompose vs. putrefy

corrupt vs. putrefy