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putrefy vt.
vi. (使)化脓,(使)腐烂,(使)堕落 (使)化脓,(使)腐烂,(使)堕落 putrefy v 1: become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; " organic matter putrefies" Putrefy \ Pu" tre* fy\, v. t. [ Written also putrify.] [ imp. & p. p. { Putrefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Putrefying}.] [ F. putr[' e] fier; 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To corrupt; to make foul. [ 1913 Webster] Private suits do putrefy the public good. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] They would but stink, and putrefy the air. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound. [ 1913 Webster]
Putrefy \ Pu" tre* fy\, v. i. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. -- Isa. 1. 6. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " putrefy": break down, break up, canker, corrupt, crumble, crumble into dust, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fester, gangrene, go bad, go off, go to pieces, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, moulder, necrose, putresce, rankle, rot, sphacelate, spoil, suppurate, taint, turn
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