{ } a. Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic. [ 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 ]