Dictionary entry

Putrefactive

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pu′tre‐fac″tive (?), a. [Cf. putréfactif. See Putrefy.] 1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman.

2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.

— Pu′′tre‐fac″tive‐ness, n.