Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CORRIVATION

CORRIVATION, noun The running of different streams into one. [Not much used.]

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CORROBORANT

CORROBORANT, adjective [See Corroborate.] Strengthening; having the power or quality of giving strength; as a corroborant medicine.CORROBORANT, noun A medicine that strengthens ...

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CORROBORATE

CORROBORATE, verb transitive [Latin, to strengthen, strength.]1. To strengthen; to make strong, or to give additional strength to; as, to corroborate the nerves; to corroborate ...

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CORROBORATED

CORROBORATED, participle passive Strengthened; confirmed; rendered more certain.

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CORROBORATING

CORROBORATING, participle present tense Strengthening; giving firmness or additional assurance.

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CORROBORATION

CORROBORATION, noun The act of strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength, assurance, or security; confirmation; as the corroboration of an argument, or of intelligence.

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CORROBORATIVE

CORROBORATIVE, noun A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.

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CORRODE

CORRODE, verb transitive [Latin, to eat or gnaw.]1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away, or diminish, by gradually separating small particles from a body, in the manner an anim...

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CORRODED

CORRODED, participle passive Eaten away gradually; worn, diminished, impaired, by slow degrees.

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CORRODENT

CORRODENT, adjective Having the power of corroding, or wasting by degrees.CORRODENT, noun Any substance or medicine that corrodes.

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CORRODIBILITY

CORRODIBILITY, noun The quality of being corrodible.

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CORRODIBLE

CORRODIBLE, adjective That may be corroded.

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CORRODING

CORRODING, participle present tense Eating away gradually; impairing; wasting.

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CORRODY

CORRODY, [See Corody.] But corrody is the most correct orthography.

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CORROSIBILITY

CORROSIBILITY, noun [See Corrodibility.]

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CORROSIBLE

CORROSIBLE, adjective [See Corrodible.]

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CORROSION

CORROSION, noun s as z. From corrode. The action of eating or wearing away by slow degrees, as by the action of acids on metals, by which the substance is gradually changed. Thi...

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CORROSIVE

CORROSIVE, adjective1. Eating; wearing away; having the power of gradually wearing, consuming or impairing; as corrosive sublimate; corrosive care; a corrosive ulcer.2. Having t...

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CORROSIVELY

CORROSIVELY, adverb Like a corrosive; with the power of corrosion; in a corrosive manner.

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CORROSIVENESS

CORROSIVENESS, noun The quality of corroding, eating away or wearing; acrimony.

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CORRUGANT

CORRUGANT, adjective [See Corrugate.] Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.

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CORRUGATE

CORRUGATE, verb transitive [Latin, to wrinkle, in our vulgar language, to ruck, to furrow.] To wrinkle; to draw or contract into folds; as, to corrugate the skin.CORRUGATE, adje...

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CORRUGATED

CORRUGATED, participle passive Wrinkled.

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CORRUGATING

CORRUGATING, participle present tense Contracting into wrinkles.

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CORRUGATION

CORRUGATION, noun A wrinkling; contraction into wrinkles.

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CORRUGATOR

CORRUGATOR, noun A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

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CORRUPT

CORRUPT, verb transitive [Latin, to break.] Literally, to break, separate or dissolve. Hence,1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to separate the component...