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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Corrupting}.]
1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to
make putrid; to putrefy.
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2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to
pervert; to debase; to defile.
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Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor.
xv. 33.
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3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to
corrupt a judge by a bribe.
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Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge
That no king can corrupt. --Shak.
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4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations;
to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred
text.
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He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he
does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . .
yet he stops the pines. --Locke.
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5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi.
19.
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