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putrefy
[ pyoo-truh-fahy ]
/ ˈpyu trəˌfaɪ /
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verb (used with object), pu·tre·fied, pu·tre·fy·ing.
to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
verb (used without object), pu·tre·fied, pu·tre·fy·ing.
to become putrid; rot.
to become gangrenous.
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Origin of putrefy
1350–1400; Middle English putrefien<Middle French putrefier<Vulgar Latin *putreficāre, for Latin putrefacere to make rotten
OTHER WORDS FROM putrefy
pu·tre·fi·a·ble, adjectivepu·tre·fi·er, nounun·pu·tre·fi·a·ble, adjectiveun·pu·tre·fied, adjectiveWords nearby putrefy
put over, put paid to, put-put, Putrajaya, putrefaction, putrefy, putrescent, putrescible, putrescine, putrid, put right
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British Dictionary definitions for putrefy
putrefy
/ (ˈpjuːtrɪˌfaɪ) /
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
(of organic matter) to decompose or rot with an offensive smell
Derived forms of putrefy
putrefaction (ˌpjuːtrɪˈfækʃən), nounputrefactive or putrefacient (ˌpjuːtrɪˈfeɪʃənt), adjectiveputrefiable, adjectiveputrefier, nounWord Origin for putrefy
C15: from Old French putrefier + Latin putrefacere, from puter rotten + facere to make
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