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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf.

putréfactif

. See

Of or pertaining to putrefaction;

as, the

putrefactive

smell or process

Wiseman.

Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.

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Puˊˊtre-fac′tive-ness

Noun.

Adj.

Pertaining to putrefaction; as the putrefactive smell or process.

Tending to promote putrefaction; causing putrefaction.

putrefactive ‎(comparative more putrefactive, superlative most putrefactive)

pertaining to or causing putrefaction