Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corruptible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L.
corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
--1 Cor. xv. 53.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corruptible
adj : capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest
politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police
officer" [syn: {bribable}, {dishonest}, {purchasable},
{venal}]
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