putrefy

Meaning

Verb

  • To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
  • To become gangrenous.
  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
  • To corrupt; to make foul.

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Origin

  • From Middle French putréfier.

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