PUTREFAC'TION, noun [Latin putrefactio; putris; putrid, and facio, to make.] A natural process by which animal and vegetable bodies are disorganized and dissolved, or reduced to their original separate elements. putrefaction is greatly accelerated by heat and moisture.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.