putrefy

English

Etymology

From Middle French putréfier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/

Verb

putrefy (third-person singular simple present putrefies, present participle putrefying, simple past and past participle putrefied)

  1. To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
  2. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
  3. To become gangrenous.
  4. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
    to putrefy an ulcer or wound
  5. To corrupt; to make foul.
    • Francis Bacon
      Private suits do putrefy the public good.
    • Shakespeare
      They would but stink, and putrefy the air.

Synonyms
▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*puH-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *puH-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *puH-</a>‎ (0 c, 15 e)
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/afoul' title='afoul'>afoul</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/befile' title='befile'>befile</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/befilth' title='befilth'>befilth</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/befoul' title='befoul'>befoul</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/defile' title='defile'>defile</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/file' title='file'>file</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/filth' title='filth'>filth</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/foul' title='foul'>foul</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pus' title='pus'>pus</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/putrefaction' title='putrefaction'>putrefaction</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/putrefy' title='putrefy'>putrefy</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/putrescence' title='putrescence'>putrescence</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/putrescent' title='putrescent'>putrescent</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/putrid' title='putrid'>putrid</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pyo-' title='pyo-'>pyo-</a>

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