corruptibility (koruptibiliti)

[ ne . Frequency of elections has a tendency le en corruptibility . Burke , Independence of Parliament. corruptible (ko-rup'ti-bl), a. [=F. corruptible = Pr. Sp. corruptible = Pg. corruptivel = It. cor ruttevole, corruttibile , corruptibilis , conrup corruption tibilis, This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1 Cor. xv. 53. 2. That may be contaminated or vitiated in qualities or principles; susceptible of being depraved, tainted, or changed for the worse: as, manners are corruptible by evil example.-3. Open to bribing; susceptible of being bribed: as, corruptible voters. corruptiblene (ko-rup'ti-bl-nes), n. Susceptibility of corruption; corruptibility. corruptibly (ko-rup'ti-bli), adv. In such a manner as to be corrupted or vitiated. It is too late the life of all his blood Is touch'd corruptibly . Shak., K. John, v. 7. Corrupt i colæ (kor-up-tik'ō-lē), n. pl . [LL., corrupt us , corrupt (in reference to the alleged corruptible nature of Christ's body), + co lere , worship.] The name given by Western writers to the Phthartolatræ, a Christian sect of the sixth century, which held that the body of Christ was nece arily and naturally corruptible, in opposition to another Monophysite sect, the Aphthartodocetæ. corruption (ko-rup's hon), n. [ corupcion cor i = D. corruptie Dan. korruption , corruption F. corruption = Pr. corrupcio = Sp Sp. corrupcion IMG:content-1358.png:[blocks in formation] Pg. corrupção = It. corruzione , corrup tio ( n- ), conruptio (n-), corrumpere , pp. corrup tus , corrupt: see corrupt , v.] 1. The act of corrupting, or the state of being corrupt or putrid; the destruction of the natural form of an organic body by decomposition accompanied by putrefaction; physical di olution. Lyve thou soleyn, wermis corupcioun ! Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 614. Corruption is a proceeding from a being to a not being, as from an oak to chips or ashes. Blundeville . Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corrup Ps. xvi. 10. tion. 2. Putrid matter; pus. For swellings also they vse small peeces of touchwood, in the forme of cloues, which pricking on the griefe they burne close to the flesh, and from thence draw the corrup tion with their mouth. Capt . John Smith , True Travels, I. 137. 3. Depravity; wickedne ; perversion or extinction of moral principles; lo of purity or integrity. Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Pet. i. 4. 4. Debasement or deterioration. After my death I wish no other herald,... To keep mine honour from corruption , But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak ., Hen. VIII., iv. 2. 5. Perversion; vitiation: as, a corruption of language. At this day, by corruption of the name, it is called Lombardy. Coryat, Crudities, I. 109. The general corruption of manners in servants is owing to the conduct of masters. Steele , Spectator, No. 107. His [Shakspere's] works have come down to us in a condition of manifest and admitted corruption in some portions, while in others there is an obscurity. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 172. 6. A corrupt or debased form of a word: as, "sparrow-gra " is a corruption of "asparagus."-7. A perverting, vitiating, or depraving influence; more specifically, bribery. Corruption wins not more than honesty. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. Blest paper credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly. Pope , Moral E ays, iii. 40. Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom. J. Adams . Corruption e entially consists... in distributing the appointments and favours of the State otherwise than with a sole regard to merit and capacity. W. R. Greg, Misc. E ays, 2d ser., p. 41. 8. In law, taint; impurity or defect (of heritable blood) in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting lands from an ancestor, and can neither retain those in his po e ion nor transmit them by descent to his heirs. This penalty, along with attainder itself, has been abolished in not to may, Great Britain, and never existed in the United States. It is to be hoped that this corruption of blood in proce of time, be abolished by act of Parliament. Black stone , Com., IV. § 389 (Harper, 1852). No attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood. Const. U. S., iii. 3, =Syn. 1. Putrefaction, putrescence.-4. Pollution, de- file ment, contamination, vitiation, demoralization, foul- ne , basene . IMG:content-1359.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In law , with the intent of gaining some ad- vantage inconsistent with official or sworn duty, or the legal rights of others, by bribery or other corrupt means. corruptne (ko-rupt'nes), n. 1. The state of being corrupt; putrid state; corruption.-2. A state of moral impurity: as, the corruptne of a judge.-3. A vitiated state; debasement; im- purity: as, the corruptne of language. corruptre (ko-rupt'res), п . [ corrupter + -e .] A female who corrupts. [Rare.] Peace, rude bawd! Thou studied old corruptre , tye thy tongue up. Fletcher , Wife for a Month, iv. 3. cors1t, n. A Middle English form of cursel . cors2t, n. A Middle English form of corsel . cors3t, n. An obsolete form of course1 . corsac , found in Tatary and India. It is gregari- ous, prowls by day, burrows, and lives on birds and eggs. It IMG:content-1360.jpg:[graphic] 3. The complete armor of a pikeman, musket- eer, etc., consisting of breast and back, gauntlets and ta ets, with a morion or open headpiece. -4. In zoöl .: (a) In entom ., the thorax of an insect; that part to which the wings and legs are attached. In Coleoptera the part usually so called is the prothorax, bear- ing only the first pair of feet, and great- ly surpa ing the other two segments of the thorax in extent. (b) In ichth ., a zone or area of scales, larger than the rest, developed behind the head and about the pectoral fins of certain scombroid fishes, as in the tunnies, albicores, bonitos, and frigate-mackerels. (c) In conch ., a ridge in the hinge of bivalves with an external ligament, with which the lig a- ment is connected. [Rare.] corselet, corslet (kôrs'let), v. t. [ corselet , corslet , n.] To encir- cle with or as with a corselet. [Rare.] IMG:content-1361.jpg:[graphic] Able to lock Jove from a synod, shall, By warranting moonlight, corslet thee. Fletcher ( and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 1. Be-war, as dere as ye haue youre owne corse and youre not oute to bataile age in hem, ffor ye sholde haue to grete lo e. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 306. For he was strong, and of so mightie corse , As ever wielded speare in warlike hand. Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 42. 2. A dead body, especially and usually of a human being; a corpse. [Now archaic or po- etical.] warnyn the brethren and sistren to come English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 46. And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility. "Twas not those souls that fled in pain Which to their corses came again. Cole ridge, Ancient Mariner, v. A melancholy group collected about his corse , on the bloody height of Albohacen. Irving , Granada, p. 70. 31. The body or main part, as the hull of a ship or the trunk or stem of a tree or vine. Ffor, as he saithe, the cors [of a vine] I delve in grounde, The rootes wol abounde and all confounde. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 73. And all they thought none other but that the cors of the surge of the see, and so haue ben loste. IMG:content-1362.png:[blocks in formation] Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 76. 4t. Same as corset , 1.-5. A plaited or woven silk ribbon used for vestments. M. E. C. Wal- cott. corse2t, v . A Middle English form of curse1 . corse3t, n. An obsolete form of course1 . corset, v. i. [Early mod. E., also corce, coce, coase, corser, courser , a horse-dealer, a trader: see courser2.] To trade; traffic. Hutch in son. cor. sec. An abbreviation of corresponding sec- retary. corseintt, n. See corsaint. corselet, corslet (kôrs'let), n. [= It. cors a let to = Sp. corselete = Pg. corsolete , corselet , a corselet, dim. of OF. cors , body: see corsel , corpse , and cf. corset .] 1. Armor for the body, in use after the perfecting of plate-armor; spe- cifically, in the sixteenth century, the breast- and back-pieces taken together. God guide thy hand, and speed thy weapon so That thou return triumphant of thy Fo. The Strings of which [Hearts), in Battles Heat, Against their very Corslets beat. IMG:content-1363.jpg:[blocks in formation] The corslet plate that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest. IMG:content-1364.png:[blocks in formation] 2 Her tender heart. Spenser, F. Q., IV. ix. 14. From commonwealths and cities I will descend to families, which have as many corsives and molestations, as frequent discontents, as the rest. Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 69. corslet, n. and v . See corselet .