See Also: corrupt(1)(dictionary)
corrupt(2)(dictionary)
corrupt 1, adjective(dictionary)
corrupt 2, verb(dictionary)
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corrupt(2) (iou)



corrupt verb. LME.
[from the adjective.]
I. verb trans.
Render morally unsound; destroy the moral purity or chastity of; defile. LME.
C. Mackenzie Letting a rascal..corrupt the minds of children. B. Plain The hidden envy that can corrupt old age.
Make mouldy or rotten; turn from a sound into an unsound condition; contaminate, infect. arch. LME.
W. Lithgow The infectious air, that corrupted the blood of strangers.
Induce to act dishonestly or unfaithfully; bribe. LME.
Milton The greatest part Of Mankind they corrupted to forsake God their Creator.
Pervert the text or sense of (a law etc.) for evil ends. LME-E18.
Mar, spoil in quality. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
a. Destroy the purity of (a language) or the correctness of (a text); unconsciously or accidentally alter (a word of a language). M17.
b. Electronics & Computing. Introduce errors into (data or code). M20.
II. verb intrans.
Putrefy, rot; decompose. arch. LME.
Undergo moral decay; degenerate. L16.
Cause corruption; destroy moral purity. L19.
Ld Acton Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
corruptedly adverb in a corrupted manner E17.
corruptedness noun the state of being corrupted M17.
corrupter, corruptor noun a person who or thing which corrupts LME.
corruptful adjective (rare) fraught with corruption L16.
corruptless adjective (arch.) not subject to corruption E17.
corruptress noun (now rare) a female corrupter E17.