Putrefy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Corrupt; to make foul.

II. Putrefy ·vi To become putrid; to decay offensively; to Rot.

III. Putrefy ·vt To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.

IV. Putrefy ·vt To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.