CORRUPTED
CORRUPTED, participle passive Putrefied; vitiated; depraved; spoiled; marred; bribed; infected with errors.
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CORRUPTER
CORRUPTER, noun1. One who corrupts; one who vitiates, or taints; as a corrupter of morals, or of Christianity.2. One who bribes; that which depraves or destroys integrity.3. One...
CORRUPTIBILITY
CORRUPTIBILITY, noun The possibility of being corrupted.
CORRUPTIBLE
CORRUPTIBLE, adjective1. That may be corrupted; that may become putrid; subject to decay and destruction. Our bodies are corruptible2. That may be vitiated in qualities or princ...
CORRUPTIBLENESS
CORRUPTIBLENESS, noun Susceptibility of corruption; corruptibility.
CORRUPTIBLY
CORRUPTIBLY, adverb In such a manner as to be corrupted or vitiated.
CORRUPTING
CORRUPTING, participle present tense Putrefying; depraving; vitiating.
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION, noun [Latin]1. The act of corrupting, or state of being corrupt or putrid; the destruction of the natural form of bodies, by the separation of the component parts, o...
CORRUPTIVE
CORRUPTIVE, adjective Having the quality of corrupting, tainting or vitiating.It should be endued with some corruptive quality.
CORRUPTLESS
CORRUPTLESS, adjective Not susceptible of corruption, or decay.
CORRUPTLY
CORRUPTLY, adverb1. In a corrupt manner; with corruption; viciously; wickedly; without integrity.We have dealt very corruptly against thee. Nehemiah 1:7.2. By bribery. A judgmen...
CORRUPTNESS
CORRUPTNESS, noun1. The state of being corrupt; putrid state or putrescence.2. A state of moral impurity; as the corruptness of a judge.3. A vicious state; debasement; impurity;...
CORRUPTRESS
CORRUPTRESS, noun A female that corrupts others.
CORSAIR
CORSAIR, noun A pirate; one who cruises or scours the ocean, with an armed vessel, without a commission from any prince or state, to seize and plunder merchantmen.
CORSAK
CORSAK, noun A species of fox.
CORSE
CORSE, noun [Latin] A corpse; the dead body of a human being; a poetical word.
CORSE-ENCUMBERED
CORSE-ENCUMBERED, adjective Loaded with dead bodies; as the corse-encumbered plains.
CORSE-PRESENT
CORSE-PRESENT, noun A mortuary or present paid at the interment of a dead body.
CORSELET
CORSELET, noun1. A little cuirass, or an armor to cover the body for protection, worn formerly by pike-men.2. [See Corcelet.]CORSELET, verb transitive To encircle with a corselet
CORSET
CORSET, noun A boddice; jumps; something worn to give shape to the body; used by ladies and dandies.
CORSNED
CORSNED, noun The morsel of execration, or curse; a piece of bread consecrated by exorcism, and to be swallowed by a suspected person, as a trial of his innocence. If guilty, it...
CORTEGE
CORTEGE, noun A train of attendants.
CORTES
CORTES, nounplural [from corte, court.] The Spanish name of the States of the kingdom, composed of nobility, clergy and representatives of cities; the assembly of the States, an...
CORTICAL
CORTICAL, adjective [from Latin, bark. See Chart.] Belonging to bark; consisting of bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; belonging to the external covering; as the c...
CORTICATE
CORTICATE, CORTICATED, adjective [Latin, bark.] Resembling the bark or rind of a tree.
CORTICATED
CORTICATE, CORTICATED adjective [Latin, bark.] Resembling the bark or rind of a tree.
CORTICIFEROUS
CORTICIFEROUS, adjective [cortex and fero, to produce.] Producing bark, or that which resembles it.