Putrefy

verb

/ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.

2.verbTo reach an advanced stage of decomposition.

3.verbTo become gangrenous.

4.verbTo make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

"to putrefy an ulcer or wound"

5.verbTo corrupt; to make foul.

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