putrefy
verb (used with object)
to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
putrefiable
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a word derived from
putrefy.
Example Sentences
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It is a soil which consequently abounds with putrid and putrefiable matter.
From About London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The presence of putrefiable or putrescent matter determines at once the germination of the always-present spore.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
