Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ROT
ROT, v.i. [Sax. rotian; D. rotten; Sw. röta; Dan. raadner.]
To lose the natural cohesion and organization of parts, as animal and vegetable substances; to be decomposed and resolved into its original component parts by the natural process, or the gradual operation of heat and air; to putrefy.
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