putrefy.
To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
Meaning & usage
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 putrefy an ulcer or wound
To corrupt; to make foul.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French putréfier.
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