Pu"tre*fy (?), v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p. Putrefied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Putrefying (&?;).] [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.

They would but stink, and putrefy the air.

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

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

• To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance
  
• To reach an advanced stage of decomposition
  
• To become gangrenous