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   Pu·tre·fy

   /ˈpyo͞otrəˌfī/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell: "the body was beginning to putrefy"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via French from Latin putrefacere, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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