decay
verb (used without object)
to become decomposed; rot.
undecayed
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a word derived from
decay.
Example Sentences
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There Dr. Smith found his fish, rank but undecayed, on Trader Hunt's little ship.
From Time Magazine Archive
And who has revealed to them that such a vampire is undecayed in his grave, that he is full of blood, that he in some measure lives there after his death?
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
The vigor of the king's mind, notwithstanding the seeming decline of his body, here appeared unbroken and undecayed.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by David Hume
The charm of goodness does not fade, Like natural beauty's flower, But blooms in glory undecayed, And death-defying power.
From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by James Avis Bartley
The flesh of these persons was entire and undecayed, of a brown dryish colour, produced by time, the flesh having adhered closely to the bones and sinews.
From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by William Henry Holmes
