putrefy

verb6

1. •
   To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
2. •
   To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
3. •
   To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
4. •
   To become gangrenous.
5. •
   To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

   • to putrefy an ulcer or wound
6. •
   To corrupt; to make foul.

   • Private suits do putrefy the public good. — 1625