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Pu·tre·fy v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying ]
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.
putrefied
adj : in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul
odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset
Maugham [syn: putrified, putrid]
putrefy
v : become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic
matter putrefies"
[also: putrefied]