Etymology From Middle English corruptible, from Latin corruptibilis.
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Of a person bribable, that can be bought
They systematically corrupt a very corruptible race, (for some time a growing nuisance amongst you)1791, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Mr. Burke: To a Member of the National Assembly; in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs, Paris, Printed, Dublin, reprinted by William Porter, page 31:
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perishable, subject to decay
The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Peter 1:18. that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,
Etymology From Middle English corruptible, from Latin corruptibilis.
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Archaic That which may decay and perish; the human body.
The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.