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Antonyms for putrefy

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pyoo-truh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpyu trəˌfaɪ

Definition of putrefy

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French putréfier, from Latin putrefacere "to make rotten," from putrere (see putrid) + facere (see factitious). Related: Putrefied; putrefying.
  • verb rot
Example sentences :
  • The corpse thus sheltered from contact with the air does not putrefy.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • All the remainder was left to putrefy, or be devoured by wild beasts.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Stay either to putrefy with pleasure or to be embalmed in dulness?
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Arthur Stirling » by Upton Sinclair
  • Wounds carefully protected from contact with impure air do not suppurate, and organic fluids do not putrefy.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Thou makest the shells to swell, the wine to bubble, and the corpse to putrefy!
  • Extract from : « Salammbo » by Gustave Flaubert
  • These, beginning to putrefy, were turning green beneath a river of blood.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
  • When the moisture of the breath is condensed and collected, it will putrefy.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 » by Various
  • They never bury their dead, but lay them in the sun to putrefy.
  • Extract from : « A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X » by Robert Kerr
  • It contained no urea, could be evaporated to dryness without offence, and showed no tendency to putrefy.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling House » by George Vivian Poore
  • The filtrate was more ammoniacal than that obtained from sawdust, earth, or peat, but it never has shown any tendency to putrefy.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling House » by George Vivian Poore

Synonyms for putrefy

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