What is the meaning of Putrefy?

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(v.t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
(v.t.) To corrupt; to make foul.
(v.t.) To make morbid, carious or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
(v.i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

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