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pu·tre·fy
 putrefy
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- pronunciation:
- pyu
tr
faI
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
putrefies, putrefying, putrefied |
| definition: |
to cause to rot or decompose.
- synonyms:
- decay, decompose, rot
- similar words:
- addle, corrupt, fester, molder, turn
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to rot or decompose.
- synonyms:
- addle, decay, decompose, rot
- similar words:
- fester, foul, molder, mortify, spoil, taint, turn
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| definition 2: |
to develop gangrene.
- synonyms:
- gangrene
- similar words:
- fester, mortify
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adverb + (v.)putrefy
overnight, spontaneously, within
(v.)putrefy
+ noun
abscess,
blood,
body,
canto,
carcass,
conjunction,
corpse,
disposition,
flesh,
gangrene,
hostess,
miasma,
organ,
pigeon,
prophet,
puffin,
refuse,
rodent,
sardine,
showcasing,
slough,
spiral,
sun,
tomb,
trench,
vicinity,
water
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| derivations: |
putrefiable (adj.), putrefier (n.) |
The word putrefy
contains the following part:
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective ( uglify
, Frenchify
) or noun ( citify
, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction ( putrefy
, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
beautify, casefy, citify, clarify, dignify, diversify, Frenchify, justify, liquefy, magnify, pacify, petrify, purify, putrefy, qualify, quantify, ramify, satisfy, signify, solidify, speechify, stupefy, torrefy, uglify, verify, vilify, vivify
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