| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·tre·fy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  py  tr -f  |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: pu·tre·fied, pu·tre·fy·ing, pu·tre·fies
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To cause to decay and have a foul odor. See synonyms at decay. 2. To make gangrenous. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To become decayed and have a foul odor. 2. To become gangrenous. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English putrefien, from Old French putrefier, from Latin putrefacere : puter, putr-, rotten; see p - in Appendix I + facere, to make; see dh - in Appendix I.
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