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uncoˈrrupted, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
1. Of organic matter: Not corrupted or decomposed.
c1400Destr. Troy 8724 The body..may not long vpon loft ly vncorruppit. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 131 Only one remayned vncorrupted, the other being putrified by reason of the longe vyage. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 541 His hand remained heere uncorrupted many hundred yeeres after. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 134 The iuyce of Cedars..preserued them vncorrupted. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 286 It keepeth all things uncorrupted which are put into it. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. xvi. i. (1827) VI. 344 The body continued uncorrupted all that time. 1870Bryant Iliad xix. II. 230 The body shall remain Even more than uncorrupted.
2. Of persons: Not rendered morally unsound; not debased or depraved; not influenced by bribes.
1565Cooper Thesaurus, Integri testes, witnesses vncorrupted. 1570T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. 41 b, Their life, which..shalbe examined by the vncorrupted and seuere iudge according to the truth. 1599Life Sir T. More in Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 185 John More his father a civill man,..just, and uncorrupted. 1620Middleton & Rowley World Tost at Tennis 826 Thou, uncorrupted Lawyer, Virtue's great miracle. 1732Pope Epit. on Gay 6 Above Temptation, in a low Estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great. 1754Wilkes Corr. (1805) I. 26 Gentlemen, I come here uncorrupting, and I promise you I shall ever be uncorrupted. 1849–50Alison Hist. Eur. VIII. li. §8. 231 Calamities..draw forth the energy of the uncorrupted portion of mankind. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 367 Not the corrupted youth only,..but their uncorrupted elder relatives.
b. Of personal attributes, actions, etc.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lxvi. 245 He expresseth trew and uncorrupted woorshippinge. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1912) 401 Glad to receyve an uncorrupted libertie. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 8 The nuptiall sheetes..are..preserued..as a testimonie of their vncorrupted virginities. 1697Dryden æneis viii. 548 Thus frugally they earn their children's bread, And uncorrupted keep their nuptial bed. 1713Berkeley Guardian No. 49 ⁋5 It is this alone that makes them desirable to an uncorrupted taste. 1797S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. (1799) I. 303 The lad, whose good-nature was yet uncorrupted by the world, greeted her with cordiality. 1847Helps Friends in C. i. i. 7 To do that, he must have an uncorrupted judgment.
3. Unadulterated.
1539Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 57 So true a poticary, that hath always drowges uncorrupted. 1683Roxb. Ball. (1885) V. 564 Springs and Streams that still run pure, Nature's uncorrupted Goods.
Hence uncoˈrruptedly adv.; -ˈruptedness.
1570T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. 2 b, How godlynesse, holynesse, and Religion, are to be purely and vncorruptedly yelded to God. 1611Florio, Incorrottibilita, vncorruptednesse. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 48 The grace of infallibility, and uncorruptednesse. 1783Blair Lect. Rhet. xxviii. II. 97 The purity and uncorruptedness of their morals. 1882Mayne Reid in N.Y. Tribune 19 July, Even when the contest is conducted..uncorruptedly. |