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<hw>In`cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorruptibilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incorruptibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

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<hw>In"cor*rupt"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorruptibilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incorruptible</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Corrupt</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; <as>as, gold is <ex>incorruptible</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Our bodies shall be changed into <b>incorruptible</b> and immortal substances. <i>Wake.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.</def>

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<hw>In"cor*rupt"i*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance.</def>

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<hw>In"cor*rupt"i*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being incorruptible.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

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<hw>In"cor*rupt"i*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incorruptible manner.</def>

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<hw>In"cor*rup"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorruptio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incorruption</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Corruption</er>.]</ety> <def>The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption.</def>

<blockquote>It is sown in corruption; it is raised in <b>incorruption</b>. <i>1 Cor. xv. 42.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The same preservation, or, rather, <b>incorruption</b>, we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In`cor*rupt"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorruptivus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incorruptible; not liable to decay.</def>

<i>Akenside.</i>

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<hw>In`cor*rupt"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without corruption.</def>

<blockquote>To demean themselves <b>incorruptly</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In`cor*rupt"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Probity; integrity; honesty.</def>

<i>Woodward.</i>