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Putrefy

verb
(past & past part. putrefied; pres. part. putrefying)
1.
Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell.





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"Putrefy" Quotes from Famous Books



... with four small lions and a number of knobs all around its rim, except at one part where there was a space for the victim's neck to rest upon the edge. The blood of those sacrificed to the gods was allowed to putrefy in this great bowl—which has recently passed into the hands of the English, and is now in London—and leaves of certain herbs being added it was considered ...
— The Great White Queen - A Tale of Treasure and Treason • William Le Queux


Words linked to "Putrefy" :   putrefactive, putrefaction, smell, decay, putrefacient


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