Putrefied

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p.
     {Putrefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putrefying}.] [F. putr['e]fier;
     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  putrefied
       adj : in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul
             odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset
             Maugham [syn: {putrified}, {putrid}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  putrefy
       v : become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic
           matter putrefies"
       [also: {putrefied}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  putrefied
       See {putrefy}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "putrefied":
     bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, festering,
     foul, gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed,
     necrotic, peccant, putrescent, putrid, rotten, rotting,
     sphacelated, spoiled, suppurating, suppurative, ulcerated