transitive verb, intransitive verb putrefied, putrefying
Origin: ME putrifien < L putrefacere: see putrid & -fy
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See putrefy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb pu·tre·fied, pu·tre·fy·ing, pu·tre·fies verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English putrefien
Origin: , from Old French putrefier
Origin: , from Latin putrefacere
Origin: : puter, putr-, rotten; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots
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