English-Thai Dictionary

putrefy

VI เน่าเปื่อย  decay rot nao-puai

 

putrefy

VT ทำให้ เน่าเปื่อย  decay rot tam-hai-no-puai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUTREFY

v.t.[L. putrefacio; putris, putrid, and facio, to make. ] 1. To cause to dissolve; to disorganize and reduce to the simple constituent elements, as animal or vegetable bodies; to cause to rot. Heat and moisture soon putrefy dead flesh or vegetables.
2. To corrupt; to make foul; as, to putrefy the air. [Little used. ]
3. To make morbid, carious or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.

 

PUTREFY

v.i.To dissolve and return to the original distinct elements, as animal and vegetable substances deprived of the living principle; to rot.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUTREFY

Pu "tre *fy, v. t. [Written also putrify. ] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied (;p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying (.] Etym: [F. putréfier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp. ) to make; cf. L. putrefacere. See Putrid, and -fy. ]

 

1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

 

2. To corrupt; to make foul. Private suits do putrefy the public good. Bacon. They would but stink, and putrefy the air. Shak.

 

3. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.

 

PUTREFY

PUTREFY Pu "tre *fy, v. i.

 

Defn: To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

putrefy

pu tre fy |ˈpyo͞otrəˌfī ˈpjutrəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( putrefies, putrefying, putrefied ) [ no obj. ] (of a body or other organic matter ) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell. ORIGIN late Middle English: via French from Latin putrefacere, from puter, putr- ‘rotten. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

putrefy

putrefy |ˈpjuːtrɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( putrefies, putrefying, putrefied ) [ no obj. ] (of a body or other organic matter ) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell. ORIGIN late Middle English: via French from Latin putrefacere, from puter, putr- ‘rotten ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

putrefy

putrefy verb the carcasses will putrefy quickly in this heat: decay, rot, decompose, go bad, go off, spoil, fester, perish, deteriorate; molder.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

putrefy

putrefy verb decay, rot, decompose, go bad, go off, perish, spoil, deteriorate, fester, moulder; gangrene, mortify; rare necrose, sphacelate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

putrefy

pu tre fy /pjúːtrɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈死体など 〉を腐敗させる ; …を化膿 （のう ）させる .自動詞 〈死体などが 〉腐敗して悪臭を放つ (rot ); 化膿する .