v. i. [ See Putrescent. ] To become putrescent or putrid; to putrefy.
Ordinarily sewage does not putresce until from twenty-four to sixty hours after its discharge. Nature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid. ]
Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]