Associations to the word «Putrefy»

Adjective

Rotting
Corrupt
Rotten
Foul
Abundant
Dead
Raw
Liquid
Animal
Body
Chamber
Covered
Human
Warm
Soft
Material
Air
Allowed

Verb

Distill
Cause
Lay

Adverb

Afterwards

Wiktionary

PUTREFY, verb. To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.

PUTREFY, verb. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.

PUTREFY, verb. To become gangrenous.

PUTREFY, verb. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

PUTREFY, verb. To corrupt; to make foul.

Dictionary definition

PUTREFY, verb. Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.