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De - Pt| English Dictionary: putrescent | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Putrescent \Pu*tres"cent\, a. [L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See {Putrid}.] 1. Becoming putrid or rotten. Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. --Motley. 2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell. | |
