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putrificare

putrificare [ML < CL putris+-ficare], putrifieri [cf. CL putrefieri] 1 (trans.) to cause to rot or decay, to putrefy; b (alch.). quod corpus Christi est illud quod frangitur, quod putrifat [? l. ~fit], et quod dentibus masticatur (Wycl. Conf.) Speculum VIII 508.  b aurum vivum habet in se quatuor naturas, et quatuor humores. ~fica ergo suum frigidum cum suo calido, et suum siccum cum suo humido Ripley 127. 2 (intr.) to become rotten. 1414 de parvis fagis et quercubus ~ficantibus in bosco de Kerwode et Hurstede Comp. Swith. 435.

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