corrupt

a. [ L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture. ] 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. [ 1913 Webster ]

At what ease
Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
To swear against you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become vitiated; to lose purity or goodness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to corrupt; full of corruption. [ Obs. ] “Corruptful bribes.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. corruptibilitas: cf. F. corruptibilité. ] The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible. ] 1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. “Our corruptible bodies.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. [ 1913 Webster ]

They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. Burke.

-- Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness, n. -- Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which may decay and perish; the human body. [ Archaic ] 1 Cor. xv. 53. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner that corrupts. [ 1913 Webster ]