putrefied

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p.
   {Putrefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putrefying}.] [F. putr['e]fier;
   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.
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   2. To corrupt; to make foul.
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            Private suits do putrefy the public good. --Bacon.
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            They would but stink, and putrefy the air. --Shak.
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   3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an
      ulcer or wound.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "putrefied":
      bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, festering,
      foul, gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed,
      necrotic, peccant, putrescent, putrid, rotten, rotting,
      sphacelated, spoiled, suppurating, suppurative, ulcerated

    

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