CORRUPTIBLY

Etymology

Adverb

corruptibly (not comparable)

In a corruptible way.

(obsolete) With corruption, in a way that corrupts.

Foretell the ending of mortality.

Source: Wiktionary


CORRUPTIBLE

Cor*rupt"i*ble (kr-rp"t-b'l), a. Etym: [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. 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, n.

– Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv.

Cor*rupt"i*ble, n.

Definition: That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1 Cor. xv. 53.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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