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. ] 1. Becoming putrid or rotten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell. [ 1913 Webster ]