Part 2454

<h1>Corrugator</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor"ru*ga`tor</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?-g?`t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.; cf. F. <ets>corrugateur</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.</def>

<h1>Corrugent</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*ru"gent</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?"j<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Corrump</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rump"</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?mp")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corrumpere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To corrupt. See <er>Corrupt</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chauser.</i>

<h1>Corrumpable</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rump"a*ble</hw> <tt>(-?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Corruptible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Corrupt</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rupt`</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?pt")</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corruptus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>corrumpere</ets> to corrupt; <ets>cor-</ets> + <ets>rumpere</ets> to break. See <er>Rupture</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.</def>

<blockquote>Who with such <b>corrupt</b> and pestilent bread would feed them. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; <as>as, <ex>corrupt</ex> language; <ex>corrupt</ex> judges.</as></def>

<blockquote>At what ease Might <b>corrupt</b> minds procure knaves as <b>corrupt</b> To swear against you. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; <as>as, the text of the manuscript is <ex>corrupt</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Corrupt</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rupt"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corrupted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corrupting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.</def>

<blockquote>Evil communications <b>corrupt</b> good manners. <i>1. Cor. xv. 33.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; <as>as, to <ex>corrupt</ex> a judge by a bribe</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can <b>corrupt</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; <as>as, to <ex>corrupt</ex> language; to <ex>corrupt</ex> the sacred text.</as></def>

<blockquote>He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not <b>corrupt</b> the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.</def>

<blockquote>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth <b>corrupt</b>. <i>Matt. vi. 19.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Corrupt</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rupt"</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?pt")</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>