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putresce

putresce verb: to putrefy.

Verb

putresce (third-person singular simple present putresces, present participle putrescing, simple past and past participle putresced)

  1. (intransitive) To putrefy.

Forms of putresce

third-person singular presentputresces
present participleputrescing
past participleputresced
pastputresced

Questions about putresce

What does putresce mean?
Putresce means to putrefy.
What part of speech is putresce?
Putresce is a verb.
What is the past tense of putresce?
The past tense of putresce is putresced.

Words near putresce in the dictionary

  1. putrefier
  2. putrefiers
  3. putrefies
  4. putrefy
  5. putrefying
  6. putresce
  7. putresced
  8. putrescein
  9. putrescence
  10. putrescences
  11. putrescencies

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