Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to putrefy
Participle: putrefied
Gerund: putrefying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | putrefy |
| you | putrefy |
| he;she;it | putrefies |
| we | putrefy |
| you | putrefy |
| they | putrefy |
Perfect
| I | have putrefied |
| you | have putrefied |
| he;she;it | has putrefied |
| we | have putrefied |
| you | have putrefied |
| they | have putrefied |
Past
| I | putrefied |
| you | putrefied |
| he;she;it | putrefied |
| we | putrefied |
| you | putrefied |
| they | putrefied |
Pluperfect
| I | had putrefied |
| you | had putrefied |
| he;she;it | had putrefied |
| we | had putrefied |
| you | had putrefied |
| they | had putrefied |
Future
| I | will putrefy |
| you | will putrefy |
| he;she;it | will putrefy |
| we | will putrefy |
| you | will putrefy |
| they | will putrefy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have putrefied |
| you | will have putrefied |
| he;she;it | will have putrefied |
| we | will have putrefied |
| you | will have putrefied |
| they | will have putrefied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | putrefy |
| you | putrefy |
| he;she;it | putrefy |
| we | putrefy |
| you | putrefy |
| they | putrefy |
Perfect
| I | have putrefied |
| you | have putrefied |
| he;she;it | have putrefied |
| we | have putrefied |
| you | have putrefied |
| they | have putrefied |
Imperfect
| I | putrefied |
| you | putrefied |
| he;she;it | putrefied |
| we | putrefied |
| you | putrefied |
| they | putrefied |
Pluperfect
| I | had putrefied |
| you | had putrefied |
| he;she;it | had putrefied |
| we | had putrefied |
| you | had putrefied |
| they | had putrefied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would putrefy |
| you | would putrefy |
| he;she;it | would putrefy |
| we | would putrefy |
| you | would putrefy |
| they | would putrefy |
Perfect
| I | would have putrefied |
| you | would have putrefied |
| he;she;it | would have putrefied |
| we | would have putrefied |
| you | would have putrefied |
| they | would have putrefied |
Imperative
| you | putrefy |
| we | Let's putrefy |
| you | putrefy |
Verbs conjugated like 'putrefy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'putrefy'
putrify,
nutrify,
petrify,
purify,
arefy,
aurify,
cutify,
humefy,
metrify,
nitrify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- decay
- rot, decompose, spoil, taint, disintegrate, stagnate, fester, canker
Antonyms
- decay
- flourish, grow, increase, progress
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French putréfier. See: Middle French '
putréfier'.
Sample Sentences
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In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:]
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to putrefy an ulcer or wound
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Private suits do putrefy the public good. [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Suitors”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:]
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They would but stink, and putrefy the air. [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:]