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† coˈrrump, v. Obs.
Also 4–5 corompe, corumpe, 5 corroumpe, corumppe, crompe, 5–6 corrompe.
[a. OF. corompre, corrumpre (mod.F. corrompre = Pr. corrompre, It. corrompere):—L. corrump-ĕre to break in pieces, destroy, ruin, spoil, mar, adulterate, falsify, draw to evil, seduce, bribe, f. cor- together, altogether + rumpĕre to break, violate, destroy, etc. In Fr. also to spoil by decomposition, rot, render putrid.]
1. trans. To bring to naught, destroy, mar, spoil, render useless.
a1340Hampole Psalter i. 1 Moryn or manqwalm..þt nerand corompis all men. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. xi. 98 Thinges þat ben contraryes and enemys corompen hem. 1382Wyclif Hos. ii. 12, I shal corrumpe, or distruye, hir vyne ȝeerd, and hir fijge tree. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxxvi. 154 By the softnes of thees thinges..the stroke of the engyn shal be corromped and vayne.
2. To decompose, cause to rot or decay; to infect or taint with corruption.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 850 It myght þe ayr swa corrumpud mak Þat men þarof þe dede suld take. 1382Wyclif 1 Cor. v. 6 A litil sour dowȝ corumpith, or defoulith, al the gobet. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. xiii. (1582) 164 Thunder..corrumpeth wine in tuns. 1460–70Bk. Quintessence i. 2 Eir corrumpeþ a þing a-noon. c1525Skelton Bk. 3 Foles, He loseth his soule, and corrompeth his body.
3. To destroy morally, make morally corrupt.
a1340Hampole Psal. v. 11 Stynkand wordes þat corumpis þe herers. 1340Ayenb. 140 Þet hi ne by ycorumped ne by ydele blisse, ne be zorȝe, etc. 1481Caxton Myrr. ii. viii. 85 Crysten men corrumped by the mariages..that they..make wyth the sarasyns. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 941 To corrumpe or corrupt, corompre.
4. To corrupt by bribery.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 324 Kyng William corumpede þe wardeynes wiþ money. 1474Caxton Chesse 26 By gold ne siluer he shal not be corrupt ne corompid.
5. To corrupt (language).
a1400Morte Arth. 3478 Of langage of Rome, Of Latyne corroumppede alle.
6. intr. To become corrupt; to putrefy or rot.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. xi. 96 Whan it forletiþ to ben oone, it mot nedis dien and corrumpe to-gidre. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 77 To greet aboundaunce of mater corrumpinge. 1460–70Bk. Quintessence i. 2 It schal not corrumpe ne rote whilis it is þerinne. |