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Abruption
Abruption Ab*rup"tion, n. [L. abruptio, fr. abrumpere: cf. F.
abruption.]
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
--Woodward.
BankruptingBankrupt Bank"rupt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bankrupted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bankrupting.]
To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to
impoverish. Corruptible
Corruptible Cor*rupt"i*ble, n.
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
--1 Cor. xv. 53.
CorruptingCorrupt Cor*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Corrupting.]
1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to
make putrid; to putrefy.
2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to
pervert; to debase; to defile.
Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor.
xv. 33.
3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to
corrupt a judge by a bribe.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no
king can corrupt. --Shak.
4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations;
to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred
text.
He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he
does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . .
yet he stops the pines. --Locke.
5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi.
19. Corruptingly
Corruptingly Cor*rupt"ing*ly, adv.
In a manner that corrupts.
CorruptionCorruption Cor*rup"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L.
corruptio.]
1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being
corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in
the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a
subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is
a reciprocal to ``generation'. --Bacon.
2. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue,
or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or
debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity;
wickedness; impurity; bribery.
It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions
of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation
against them. --Hallam.
They abstained from some of the worst methods of
corruption usual to their party in its earlier days.
--Bancroft.
Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc.,
signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of
pecuniary considerations. --Abbott.
4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse;
departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a
corruption of style; corruption in language.
Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in
consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony,
by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate
or from transmitting it to others.
Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of
Parliament. --Blackstone.
Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination;
deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint.
See Depravity. Corruption of bloodCorruption Cor*rup"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L.
corruptio.]
1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being
corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in
the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a
subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is
a reciprocal to ``generation'. --Bacon.
2. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue,
or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or
debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity;
wickedness; impurity; bribery.
It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions
of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation
against them. --Hallam.
They abstained from some of the worst methods of
corruption usual to their party in its earlier days.
--Bancroft.
Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc.,
signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of
pecuniary considerations. --Abbott.
4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse;
departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a
corruption of style; corruption in language.
Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in
consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony,
by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate
or from transmitting it to others.
Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of
Parliament. --Blackstone.
Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination;
deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint.
See Depravity. Corruptionist
Corruptionist Cor*rup"tion*ist, n.
One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. --Sydney Smith.
Corruptive
Corruptive Cor*rupt"ive (k?r-r?p"t?v), a. [L. corruptivus: cf.
F. corruptif.]
Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to
produce corruption.
It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so
speedy a dissolution of the meat. --Ray.
DiruptionDiruption Di*rup"tion, n. [L. diruptio, fr. dirumpere. See
Disrupt, a.]
Disruption. DisruptingDisrupt Dis*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disrupting.]
To break asunder; to rend. --Thomson. Disruption
Disruption Dis*rup"tion, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.]
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent
asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration;
rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake;
disruption of a state.
Disruptive
Disruptive Dis*rupt"ive, a.
Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by
disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive
discharge of an electrical battery. --Nichol.
Eruptional
Eruptional E*rup"tion*al, a.
Eruptive. [R.] --R. A. Proctor.
Eruptive
Eruptive E*rup"tive, n. (Geol.)
An eruptive rock.
IncorruptibleIncorruptible In"cor*rupt"i*ble, a. [L. incorruptibilis: cf.
F. incorruptible. See In- not, and Corrupt.]
1. Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or
dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.
Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and
immortal substances. --Wake.
2. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly
just and upright. Incorruptible
Incorruptible In"cor*rupt"i*ble, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
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.
Incorruptible
Incorruptible In"cor*rupt"i*ble, n.
The quality or state of being incorruptible. --Boyle.
Incorruptibly
Incorruptibly In"cor*rupt"i*bly, adv.
In an incorruptible manner.
IncorruptionIncorruption In"cor*rup"tion, n. [L. incorruptio: cf. F.
incorruption. See In- not, and Corruption.]
The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible;
absence of, or exemption from, corruption.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
--1 Cor. xv.
42.
The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we
have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc.
--Sir T.
Browne. Incorruptive
Incorruptive In`cor*rupt"ive, a. [L. incorruptivus.]
Incorruptible; not liable to decay. --Akenside.
InterruptingInterrupt In`ter*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of
interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break.
See Rupture.]
1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking
in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the
current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of;
as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak.
2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the
evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill. Interruption
Interruption In`ter*rup"tion, n. [L. interruptio: cf. F.
interruption.]
1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused
by the abrupt intervention of something foreign;
intervention; interposition. --Sir M. Hale.
Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the
idea of one part. --Dryden.
3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current,
progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has
met with many interruptions in the execution of his work;
the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
InterruptiveInterruptive In`ter*rupt"ive, a.
Tending to interrupt; interrupting. ``Interruptive forces.'
--H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv. InterruptivelyInterruptive In`ter*rupt"ive, a.
Tending to interrupt; interrupting. ``Interruptive forces.'
--H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv. IrruptionIrruption Ir*rup"tion, n. [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See
Irrupted.]
1. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as,
irruptions of the sea.
Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting
thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. --Milton.
2. A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as,
the irruptions of the Goths into Italy. --Addison.
Syn: Invasion; incursion; inroad. See Invasion. Irruptive
Irruptive Ir*rup"tive, a.
Rushing in or upon.
Proruption
Proruption Pro*rup"tion, n. [L. proruptio, fr. prorumpere,
proruptum, to break forth; pro forth + rumpere to break.]
The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.
Ruption
Ruption Rup"tion, n. [L. ruptio, fr. rumpere, ruptum, to
break.]
A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. ``By ruption or
apertion.' --Wiseman.
Uncorruptible
Uncorruptible Un`cor*rupt"i*ble, a.
Incorruptible. ``The glory of the uncorruptible God.' --Rom.
i. 23.
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