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putrefactive(dictionary)

putrefactive (iou)



putrefactive adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French putrefactif, -ive or medieval Latin putrefactivus, from Latin putrefact-: see PUTREFACTION, -IVE.]
Causing or inducing putrefaction; putrefying. Formerly also, subject to putrefaction, corruptible. LME.
Of, pertaining to, produced by, characterized by, or indicative of putrefaction. M17.