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▪ I. putrefying, vbl. n.|ˈpjuːtrɪfaɪɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb putrefy; putrefaction.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. iii. xvi. in Ashm. Theat. Chem. Brit. (1652) 143 And hete of Askys and balnys for putrefying. c1500Melusine xxiii. 157 The venym that was within the wounde caused grete putrefyeng & rotyng of his flesshe.
▪ II. ˈputrefying, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That putrefies. a. intr. Undergoing putrefaction; rotting. Also fig.
1611Bible Isa. i. 6 Wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 157 Alas! a mass of putrefying clay. 1839Darwin Voy. Beagle xi. 231 The ground is concealed by a mass of slowly putrefying vegetable matter. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 789 These ‘putrefactive’ bacteria are..present..in putrefying liquids.
b. trans. = putrefactive a. 1. rare.
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 298 From a continual Use of putrefying Medicines. |