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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.
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Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
silver and gold. --1 Pet. i.
18.
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2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated;
susceptible of depravation.
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They systematically corrupt very corruptible race.
--Burke.
-- {Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cor*rupt"i*bly}, adv.
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Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
--1 Cor. xv. 53.
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