Private suits do putrefy the public good.
Bacon.
They would but stink, and putrefy the air.
Shak.
3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or
wound.
Pu"tre*fy, v. i. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa.
1. 6.
Pu*tres"cence (?), n. The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
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Pu*tres"cent (?), a. [L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow
rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid.] 1. Becoming
putrid or rotten.
Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core.
Motley.
2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent
smell.
Pu*tres"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of putrefaction; liable to become
putrid; as, putrescible substances.
Pu*tres"ci*ble, n. A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to
undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary
temperatures.
Pu*tres"cin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2,
formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other
animals.
Pu"trid (?), a. [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr. puter, or
putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride. See
Pus, Foul, a.] 1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed;
rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See
Putrefaction.
2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable
matter; as, a putrid smell.
Putrid fever (Med.), typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing
and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the
body. -- Putrid sore throat (Med.), a gangrenous inflammation of the
fauces and pharynx.
Pu*trid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. putriditÈ.] The quality of being putrid;
putrefaction; rottenness.
Pu"trid*ness (?), n. Putridity. Floyer.