Putrefy

(1):

(v. t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

(2):

(v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

(3):

(v. t.) To corrupt; to make foul.

(4):

(v. t.) To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.