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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cŏr'ri-gi-ble, a. p. 297Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault. 2. Worthy of being chastised; punishable. He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.…Cŏr'ri-gi-ble-ness, n. p. 297The quality of being corrigible.Cor-rī′val, n. p. 297A fellow-rival; a competitor; a co-rival. Shak.Cor-rī'val, a. p. 297Having contending claims; emulous.Cor-rī'val, v. i. & t. p. 297To rival; to compete, or compete with. Shak.Cōr'ri-vāl'i-ty, n. p. 297The character or conduct of a corrival; co-rivalry. Fuller.Cor-rī'val-ry or Cor-rī'val-ship, n. p. 297Competition; rivalry.Cŏr'ri-vāte, v. t. p. 297To draw out of several streams into one; — said of water. [Obs.] Burton.Cŏr'ri-vā'tion, n. p. 297The running of different streams into one. [Obs.] Burton.Cor-rŏb'o-rant, a. p. 297Having the power or quality of giving strength; confirming; as, a corroborant medicine.Cor-rōb'o-rant, n. p. 297(Med.) A medicine that strengthens the body when weak.Cor-rŏb'o-rāte, v. t. p. 297[Lat. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare, from con and roborare, to strengthen, from robur, strength; Fr. corroborer, Sp. corroborar, It. corroborare. 1. To make strong, or to give additional…Cor-rŏb'o-rate, a. p. 297Corroborated. [Obs.] “Corroborate by custom.” Bacon.Cor-rŏb'/o-rā'tion, n. p. 297The act of corroborating; the act of strengthening or confirming; addition of strength, assurance, or security; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of intelligence. 2. That which…Cor-rōb'o-ra-tīve, a. p. 297Having the power of giving strength, or additional strength; tending to corroborate or confirm. Warburton.Cor-rŏb'o-ra-tīve, n. p. 297A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.Cor-rŏb'o-ra-to-ry, a. p. 297Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.Cor-rōde′, v. t. p. 297To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating small particles from a body, in the manner an animal gnaws a substance. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce…Cor-rōd'ent, a. p. 297Having the power of corroding or wasting by degrees. [Rare.] Bp. King.Cor-rōd'ent, n. p. 297Any substance or medicine that corrodes. Bp. King.Cor-rō′di-āte, v. t. p. 297To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.] Sandys.Cor-rō′di-bil′i-ty, n. p. 297The quality of being corrodible. [Rare.] Johnson.Cor-rōd'i-ble, a. p. 297Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Browne.Cŏr'-ro-dy, n. p. 297The same as CORODY, q. v. Southey.Cor-rō'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 297Corrodibility. [Rare.] Boyle.Cor-rō'si-ble, a. p. 297Corrodible. — Bailey.Cor-rō'si-ble-ness, n. p. 297The quality of being corrosible. Bailey.Cor-rō'sion, n. p. 297The action of eating or wearing away by slow degrees, as by the action of acids on metals. Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. Quincy.Cor-rō′sīve, a. p. 297Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, consuming, or impairing. “Corrosive liquors.” Grew. “Corrosive famine.” Thomson. 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing; as, corrosive care.…Cor·rō′sive, n. p. 297That which has the quality of eating or wearing gradually. “Sharp corrosives to the scirrhous flesh.” Jago. 2. That which has the power of fretting, irritating, or exciting displeasure. Hooker.Cor-rō'sive, v. t. p. 297To corrode; to consume; to eat away. [Obs.] Drayton.Cor-rō′sive-ly, adv. p. 297Like a corrosive; with the power of corrosion; in a corrosive manner.Cor-rō'sīve-ness, n. p. 297The quality of corroding, eating away, or wearing; acrimony. Boyle.Cŏr'-ro-sīv'i-ty, n. p. 297Corrosiveness. [Rare.]Cŏr'rū-gant, a. p. 297Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson.Cŏr'rū-gāte, v. t. p. 297To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, or otherwise; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead.Cŏr'rŭ-gate, a. p. 297Shaped into wrinkles or folds; wrinkled; contracted. Extended views a narrow mind extend, Push out its corrugate, expansive make. Young.Cŏr/rū-gā'tion, n. p. 297A contraction into wrinkles.Cŏr'rŭ-gā'tor, n. p. 297(Anat.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.Cor-ru'gent, a. p. 297(Anat.) Drawing together; contracting; — said of a muscle of the eye.Cor-rŭpt', v. t. p. 297To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to separate the component parts of, by a natural process accompanied by a fetid smell; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to…Cor-rŭpt', v. i. p. 297To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon. 2. To become vitiated; to lose purity.Cor-rŭpt′, a. p. 297Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. “Corrupt and pestilent bread.” Knolles. Vapor, and mist, and exhalation hot, Corrupt and pestilent. Milton. 2. Changed…Cor-rŭpt'er, n. p. 297One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.Cor-rŭpt'fŭl, a. p. 298Tending to corrupt; full of corruption; corrupt. [Obs.]Cor-rŭpt'i-bil'i-ty, n. p. 298The possibility of being corrupted.Cor-rŭpt'i-ble, a. p. 298Capable of being corrupted or tainted; subject to decay and destruction. “Our corruptible bodies.” Hooker. 2. Capable of being vitiated in qualities or principles; susceptible of depravation. They…Cor-rŭpt'i-ble, n. p. 298That which may decay and perish; the human body. This corruptible must put on incorruption. 1 Cor. xv. 53.Cor-rŭpt'i-ble-ness, n. p. 298Susceptibility of corruption; corruptibility.Cor-rŭpt'i-bly, adv. p. 298In such a manner as to be corrupted or vitiated.Cor-rŭp'tion, n. p. 298The act of corrupting, or state of being corrupt or putrid; the destruction of the natural form of bodies, by the separation of the component parts, or by disorganization, in the process of…Cor-rŭp'tion-ist, n. p. 298One who defends corruption. [Rare.]Cor-rŭpt′ive, a. p. 298Having the quality of corrupting, tainting, or vitiating. It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. Ray.Cor-rŭpt'less, a. p. 298Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. Dryden.Cor-rŭpt'ly, adv. p. 298In a corrupt manner; with corruption; without integrity; contrary to purity; viciously; wickedly.Cor-rŭpt'ness, n. p. 298The state of being corrupt; putrid state or putrescence. 2. A state of impurity; debasement; impurity.Cor-rŭpt'ress, n. p. 298A female who corrupts. B. & Fl.Côr'sac, n. p. 298(Zoöl.) A kind of white fox (Vulpes corsac) found in Tartary.Côr'sage, n. p. 298The waist or bodice of a lady's dress.Côr'sāir, n. p. 298A pirate; one who cruises or scours the ocean, without authorization, to seize and plunder merchantmen. 2. A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.