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(使)化膿,(使)腐爛,(使)墮落

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.

Putrefy \Pu"tre*fy\, v. i.
   To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. --Isa. 1. 6.

資料來源 : WordNet®

putrefy
     v : become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic
         matter putrefies"
     [also: {putrefied}]