Pu"tre*fy (?), v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied (); p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying ().] [F. putr'efier; 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.
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Pu"tre*fy, v. i.
To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
Isa. 1. 6.
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