English Dictionary: corruptibly | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.] 1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. [bd]Our corruptible bodies.[b8] --Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. --1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. --Burke. -- {Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cor*rupt"i*bly}, adv. |