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putrefactive, a. (n.)|pjuːtrɪˈfæktɪv|
Also 6–7 putri-.
[a. F. putréfactif, -ive (14th c. in Littré), f. L. putrefact-: see putrefact and -ive.]
1. Causing or inducing putrefaction; putrefying.
1545Elyot Dict. H h vj b/1, Septicus,..putrifactife, or corrosife. 1601Holland Pliny xxviii. ix. II. 321 Their bloud is corrosiue by nature, and putrifactiue. 1610Markham Masterp. ii. clvi. 460 The medicines are either corrosiue, putrifactiue, or caustick. 1744Berkeley Siris §69 Where the obstruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali. 1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 99 The existence of some putrefactive ferment. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 165 Putrid softening is due to the invasion of putrefactive bacteria.
2. Of, pertaining to, produced or characterized by putrefaction; indicative of putrefaction. putrefactive fermentation, putrefaction scientifically viewed as a species of fermentation.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 95 Making putrifactive generations correspondent unto seminal productions..when the Oxe corrupteth into Bees, or the Horses into hornets. 1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. (J.), If the bone be corrupted, the putrefactive smell will discover it. 1758Reid tr. Macquer's Chem. I. 111 The third generates an alkaline salt;..this last sort takes the name of the Putrid or Putrefactive Fermentation. 1815Kirby & Sp. Entomol. iv. (1818) I. 87 The authors..had mistaken for lice some other species of insects, which are not unfrequently found in putrefactive sores. 1838Penny Cycl. X. 237/2 Fermentation is of three kinds: the vinous, producing alcohol; the acetous, yielding vinegar; and the putrefactive, of which the products are very variable and usually fetid.
†3. Undergoing or subject to putrefaction; putrefying; corruptible. Obs.
1610Markham Masterp. ii. clxxiii. 487 It cleanseth al putrifactiue humors. 1661Feltham Resolves ii. xvii. Wks. (1677) 194 If momentary and putrefactive man can undiscerned and unburthen'd bear so much about him.
†B. n. A substance which causes putrefaction; a putrefactive agent. Obs.
1610Markham Masterp. ii. clvi. 461 The corrosiues are weaker then the putrifactiues, and the putrifactiues are weaker then the caustickes.
Hence putreˈfactiveness, the quality of being putrefactive.
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