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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n. That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] --1 Cor. xv 53. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corruptible adj : capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" [syn: {bribable}, {dishonest}, {purchasable}, {venal}]
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