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<hw>In*cor`re*spond"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not corresponding; disagreeing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

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<hw>In*cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incorrigibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being incorrigible.</def>

<blockquote>The ingratitude, the <b>incorrigibility</b>, the strange perverseness . . . of mankind. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorrigibilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incorrigible</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Corrigible</er>.]</ety> <def>Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; <as>as, <ex>incorrigible</ex> error</as>.</def> "<i>Incorrigible</i> fools."

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; <as>as, the perpetual imprisonment of <ex>incorrigibles</ex></as>.</def>

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<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*ble*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Incorrigibility.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

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<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incorrigible manner.</def>

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<hw>In`cor*rod"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away.</def>

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<hw>In"cor*rupt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorruptus</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Corrupt</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Your Christian principles . . . which will preserve you <b>incorrupt</b> as individuals. <i>Bp. Hurd.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In"cor*rupt"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Uncorrupted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Breathed into their <b>incorrupted</b> breasts. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

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