putrefy
- To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
- To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
- To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
- To become gangrenous.
- To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
- To corrupt; to make foul.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/
Etymology
From Middle French putréfier.
cause to rot
be putrid
become rotten
be rotten
be decomposed
become bad
make rotten
rot.
rotten
pudrirse
pourrir
σαπίζω
faulen
apodrecer
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