'Putrefactive' definitions:
Definition of 'putrefactive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction [syn: putrefactive, putrefacient]
Definition of 'Putrefactive'
From: GCIDE
- Putrefactive \Pu`tre*fac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr['e]factif. See Putrefy.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. [1913 Webster] -- {Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]