PUTREFY
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Pu"tre*fy (?), v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying (&unr_;).] [F. putréfier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See Putrid, and -fy.] 1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
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2. To corrupt; to make foul.
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Private suits do putrefy the public good.
Bacon.
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They would but stink, and putrefy the air.
Shak.
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3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
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Pu"tre*fy, v. i. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6.
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