資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p.
   {Putrefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putrefying}.] [F. putr['e]fier;
   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.