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Corruptible
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1 Cor. xv. 53.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18.
2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. Burke. -- Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness, n. -- Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv.