Hypertext Webster Gateway: "putrefy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To corrupt; to make foul.
Private suits do putrefy the public good. --Bacon.
They would but stink, and putrefy the air. --Shak.
3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an
ulcer or wound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. i.
To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. --Isa. 1. 6.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
putrefy
v : become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic
matter putrefies"
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