Corrugent Cor·ru"gent adjective (Anat.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator. [ Obsolete]
Corrump Cor·rump" transitive verb [ Latin
corrumpere .]
To corrupt. See Corrupt . [ Obsolete]
Chauser.
Corrumpable Cor·rump"a·ble adjective Corruptible. [ Obsolete]
Corrupt Cor·rupt` adjective [ Latin
corruptus , past participle of
corrumpere to corrupt;
cor- +
rumpere to break. See
Rupture .]
1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.
Knolles.
2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease
Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
To swear against you.
Shak.
3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt .
Corrupt Cor·rupt" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corrupted ;
present participle & verbal noun Corrupting .]
1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners.
1. Cor. xv. 33.
3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge
That no king can corrupt .
Shak.
4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [ language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines.
Locke.
5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt .
Matt. vi. 19.
Corrupt Cor·rupt" intransitive verb 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon. 2. To become vitiated; to lose purity or goodness.
Corrupter Cor·rupt"er noun One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.
Corruptful Cor·rupt"ful adjective Tending to corrupt; full of corruption. [ Obsolete] "
Corruptful bribes."
Spenser.
Corruptibility Cor·rupt`i·bil"i·ty noun [ Latin
corruptibilitas : confer French
corruptibilité .]
The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke.
Corruptible Cor·rupt"i·ble adjective [ Latin
corruptibilis : confer French
corruptible .]
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our
corruptible bodies."
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 ,
noun --
Cor*rupt"i*bly ,
adverb
Corruptible Cor·rupt"i·ble noun That which may decay and perish; the human body. [ Archaic]
1 Cor. xv. 53.
Corruptingly Cor·rupt"ing·ly adverb In a manner that corrupts.
Corruption Cor·rup"tion noun [ French
corruption , Latin
corruptio .]
1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation".
Bacon.
2. The product of corruption; putrid matter. 3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them.
Hallam.
They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days.
Bancroft.
»
Corruption , when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations.
Abbott. 4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. Corruption of blood (Law) ,
taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament.
Blackstone.
Syn. -- Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See
Depravity .
Corruptionist Cor·rup"tion·ist noun One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.
Corruptive Cor·rupt"ive adjective [ Latin
corruptivus : confer French
corruptif .]
Having the quality of tainting or vitiating; tending to produce corruption. It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat.
Ray.
Corruptless Cor·rupt"less adjective Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. Dryden.
Corruptly Cor·rupt"ly adverb In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.
Corruptness Cor·rupt"ness noun The quality of being corrupt.
Corruptress Cor·rupt"ress noun A woman who corrupts. Thou studied old corruptress .
Beau. & Fl.
Corsac Cor"sac noun (Zoology) The corsak.
Corsage Cor"sage (kôr"saj)
noun [ French See
Corset .]
The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage .
Corsair Cor"sair noun [ French
corsaire (cf. Italian
corsare ,
corsale , Pr.
corsari ), Late Latin
corsarius , from Latin
cursus a running, course, whence Spanish
corso cruise,
corsa cruise, coasting voyage,
corsear to cruise against the enemy, to pirate,
corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise against the enemy. See
Course .]
1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land. 2. A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean.
Prescott.
Corsair Cor"sair noun (Zoology) A Californian market fish ( Sebastichthys rosaceus ).
Corsak Cor"sak noun (Zoology) A small foxlike mammal ( Cynalopex corsac ), found in Central Asia. [ Written also
corsac .]
Corse Corse noun [ Old French
cors , French
corps . See
Corpse .]
1. A living body or its bulk. [ Obsolete]
For he was strong, and of so mighty corse
As ever wielded spear in warlike hand.
Spenser.
2. A corpse; the dead body of a human being. [ Archaic or Poetic]
Set down the corse ; or, by Saint Paul,
I'll make a corse of him that disobeys.
Shak.
Corselet Corse"let noun [ French, dim. of Old French
cors . French
corps , body. See
Corse .]
1. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece. 2. (Zoology) The thorax of an insect.
Corsepresent Corse"pres`ent noun (Engl.Law) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone.
Corset Cor"set noun [ French, dim. of Old French
cors , French
corps , body. See
Corse .]
1. In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women. 2. An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.
Corset Cor"set transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corseted ;
present participle & verbal noun Corseting .]
To inclose in corsets.
Corslet Cors"let noun A corselet. [ Obsolete]
Hakluyt.
Corsned Cors"ned noun [ Anglo-Saxon
corsn...d .]
(AS. Laws) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. Burril.
Cortége Cor`tége" noun [ French, from Italian
corteggio train, from
corte court. See
Court .]
A train of attendants; a procession.
Cortes Cor"tes noun plural [ Spanish & Portuguese , from
corte court.]
The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
Cortes Geraes Cor"tes Ge·ra"es [ Portuguese ] See Legislature , Portugal .
Cortex Cor"tex noun ;
plural Cortices (-t...-s...z). [ Latin , bark. Confer
Cork .]
1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering. 2. (Medicine) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark. 3. (Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.
Cortical Cor"ti·cal adjective [ Latin
cortex bark: confer French
cortical .]
Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
Corticate Cor"ti·cate adjective [ Latin
corticatus .]
Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
Corticifer Cor·tic"i·fer noun (Zoology) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.
Corticiferous Cor`ti·cif"er·ous adjective [ Latin
cortex ,
corticis , bark --
-ferous : confer French
corticif...re .]
1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark. 2. (Zoology) Having a barklike c...nenchyms.
Corticiform Cor·tic"i·form adjective [ Latin
cortex ,
corticis , bark +
-form : confer French
corticiforme .]
Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.
Corticine Cor"ti·cine noun [ French, from Latin
cortex ,
corticis , bark.]
A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.
Corticose Cor"ti·cose` adjective [ Latin
corticosus .]
Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.
Corticous Cor"ti·cous adjective Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.
Cortile Cor"tile noun [ Italian , from
corte court.]
An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.
Corundum Co·run"dum (ko*rŭn"dŭm)
noun ;
plural Corundums (- dŭmz). [ Also
corindon .] [ From Hind.
kurand corundum stone.]
(Min.) The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire , which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby , or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst , or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar , the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond. » The name
corundum is sometimes restricted to the non-transparent or coarser kinds.
Emery is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore.
Coruscant Co·rus"cant adjective [ Latin
coruscans , present participle See
Coruscate .]
Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.
Coruscate Cor"us·cate intransitive verb [ Latin
coruscare to flash, vibrate.]
To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.
Coruscation Cor`us·ca"tion noun [ Latin
coruscatio : confer French
coruscattion .]
1. A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call ...t a little coruscation .
Boyle.
2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy. He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor......cations of his genius.
I. Taylor.
Syn. -- Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.
Corve Corve noun See Corf .
Corvee Cor`vee" noun [ French
corvée , from Late Latin
corvada ,
corrogata , from Latin
corrogare to entreat together;
cor- +
rogare to ask.]
(Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.
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