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corruptive

adj

Etymology

From corrupt + -ive.

  1. derived from corruptus
  2. inherited from corrupten
  3. suffixed as corruptive — “corrupt + ive”

Definitions

  1. Tending to corrupt.

    • And as the body shall be spiritual, so truly immortal, and free from all corruptive change; as the Sun which for so many ages hath shined with an equal brightness to the World, and hath a durable fulness of light in it.
    • So the exotic writer of Modernia prepares a reeking corruptive dish for his readers, o.r else an anaesthetic concocted from the malodorous flowers of the night.

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