putrefy

English

Etymology

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From Middle French putréfier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/

Verb

putrefy (third-person singular simple present putref, present participle ies, simple past and past participle putrefied)

1. To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
2. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
3. To become gangrenous.
4. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

   to putrefy an ulcer or wound

5. To corrupt; to make foul.
   • Francis Bacon

     Private suits do putrefy the public good.

   • Shakespeare

     They would but stink, and putrefy the air.

Synonyms

• decay
• fester
• rot

Translations

become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance

• Maori: whakaero
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to reach an advanced stage of decomposition

• Hawaiian: hoʻohāpopopo
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• Maori: whakaero, māhī, māī, whakapirau

to become gangrenous

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: pudrirse (es)
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See also

• Gangrene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia