putrefy

Definitions


[ˈpjuːtrɪfʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell
(e.g: the body was beginning to putrefy)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via French from Latin putrefacere, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’




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