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putrefy

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  1. decay                 
 
pu.tre.fy \'pyu:-tr*-.fi-\ vb [ME putrefien, fr. MF & L; MF putrefier, fr. 
   L putrefacere, f]r. putre-re to be rotten + facere to make - more at DO : 
   to make putrid  : to become putrid