† corrumpv.

Forms: Also Middle English corompe, corumpe, Middle English corroumpe, corumppe, crompe, Middle English–1500s corrompe.

Etymology: < Old French corompre, corrumpre (modern French corrompre = Provençal corrompre, Italian corrompere) < Latin corrumpĕre to break in pieces, destroy, ruin, spoil, mar, adulterate, falsify, draw to evil, seduce, bribe, < cor- together, altogether + rumpĕre to break, violate, destroy, etc. In French also to spoil by decomposition, rot, render putrid.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To bring to naught, destroy, mar, spoil, render useless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)]

forbraidc888

besmiteeOE

awemOE

filec1175

soila1250

envenomc1300

beshrewc1325

shrew1338

corrumpa1340

corrupt1382

subvertc1384

tache1390

poison1395

infect?c1400

intoxicatec1450

deprave1482

corrup1483

rust1493

turkess?1521

vitiate1534

prevary?1541

depravate1548

fester?1548

turkish1560

wry1563

taint1573

disalter1579

prevaricate1595

sophisticate1597

invitiate1598

fashion1600

tack1601

debauch1603

deturpate1623

disaltern1635

ulcer1642

deboise1654

Neronize1673

demoralize1794

bedevil1800

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] > of language or writings

corrumpa1340

corrupt1630

barbarize1728

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 1 Moryn or manqwalm..þ^t nerand corompis all men.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. xi. 98 Thinges þat ben contraryes and enemys corompen hem.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea ii. 12 I shal corrumpe, or distruye, hir vyne ȝerd, and hir fijge tree.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > make corrupt or putrid [verb (transitive)]

corrump1340

corruptc1384

putrefya1400

fadec1400

rotc1405

corrup1483

rotten1569

attaint1573

carrionize1593

putrefact1598

ranken1599

decay1626

wrox1649

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to rot or putrefy

corrump1340

corruptc1384

putrefya1400

fadec1400

rotc1405

rotten1569

carrionize1593

putrefact1598

ranken1599

decay1626

wrox1649

ret1846

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 850 It myght þe ayr swa corrumpud mak Þat men þarof þe dede suld take.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. v. 6 A litil sour dowȝ corumpith, or defoulith, al the gobet.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. xiii. 592 Þondir..corrumpiþ wyne in tonnes.

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 2 Eir corrumpiþ a þing a-noon.

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (1517) sig. Miii^v He leseth his soule, and corrompeth his body.

3. To destroy morally, make morally corrupt.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt

corrumpa1340

corrupt1382

perisha1400

cankera1450

gangrenate1532

putrefy?1548

cankerfret1585

debauch1603

fly-blow1605

bebauch1607

perjurea1616

ulcer1642

dross1648

deboise1654

gangrene1658

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter v. 11 Stynkand wordes þat corumpis þe herers.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 140 Þet hi ne by ycorumped ne by ydele blisse, ne be zorȝe, etc.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. viii. 85 Crysten men corrumped by the mariages..that they..make wyth the sarasyns.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Giv ^v To corrumpe or corupt, corompre.

4. To corrupt by bribery.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe

meedOE

underorna1325

corrump1387

forbuy1393

hirec1400

wage1461

fee1487

under-arearc1503

bribe1528

grease1528

money1528

corrupt1548

budc1565

to feed with money1567

to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580

sweeten1594

to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598

over-bribe1619

to buy off1629

palter1641

to take off1646

buy1652

overmoneya1661

bub1684

to speak to ——1687

to tickle in the palm1694

daub1699

overbuy1710

touch1752

palm1767

to get at ——1780

fix1790

subsidize1793

sop1837

to buy over1848

backsheesh1850

nobble1856

square1859

hippodrome1866

see1867

boodleize1883

boodle1886

to get to ——1901

reach1906

straighten1923

lubricate1928

to keep (someone) sweet1939

sling1939

to pay off1942

bung1950

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 324 Kyng William corumpede þe wardeynes wiþ money.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 37 Be gold ne siluer he shal not be corrupt ne corompid.

5. To corrupt (language).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [verb (transitive)] > corrupt

corrump?a1400

corrupt1630

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3478 Of langage of Rome, Of Latyne corroumppede alle.

a. intransitive. To become corrupt; to putrefy or rot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > become corrupt or putrid [verb (intransitive)]

forrota900

foulOE

rotOE

rank?a1300

corrumpc1374

to-rota1382

putrefya1400

mourkenc1400

corruptc1405

festerc1475

decay1574

rankle1612

tainta1616

decompose1793

wrox1847

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > rot or putrefy

forrota900

foulOE

rotOE

rank?a1300

corrumpc1374

to-rota1382

putrefya1400

mourkenc1400

corruptc1405

festerc1475

rottena1500

decay1574

rankle1612

tainta1616

moth1624

ret1846

wrox1847

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. xi. 96 Whan it forletiþ to ben oone, it mot nedis dien and corrumpe to-gidre.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 77 To greet aboundaunce of mater corrumpinge.

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 2 It schal not corru[m]pe ne rote whilis it is þerinne.

b. To spread corruption.

ΚΠ

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 71 Lecherye..stinkithe and crompithe vnto heuene.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	corrump
释义	† corrumpv. Forms: Also Middle English corompe, corumpe, Middle English corroumpe, corumppe, crompe, Middle English–1500s corrompe. Etymology: < Old French corompre, corrumpre (modern French corrompre = Provençal corrompre, Italian corrompere) < Latin corrumpĕre to break in pieces, destroy, ruin, spoil, mar, adulterate, falsify, draw to evil, seduce, bribe, < cor- together, altogether + rumpĕre to break, violate, destroy, etc. In French also to spoil by decomposition, rot, render putrid. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To bring to naught, destroy, mar, spoil, render useless. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] forbraidc888 besmiteeOE awemOE filec1175 soila1250 envenomc1300 beshrewc1325 shrew1338 corrumpa1340 corrupt1382 subvertc1384 tache1390 poison1395 infect?c1400 intoxicatec1450 deprave1482 corrup1483 rust1493 turkess?1521 vitiate1534 prevary?1541 depravate1548 fester?1548 turkish1560 wry1563 taint1573 disalter1579 prevaricate1595 sophisticate1597 invitiate1598 fashion1600 tack1601 debauch1603 deturpate1623 disaltern1635 ulcer1642 deboise1654 Neronize1673 demoralize1794 bedevil1800 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] > of language or writings corrumpa1340 corrupt1630 barbarize1728 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 1 Moryn or manqwalm..þ^t nerand corompis all men. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. xi. 98 Thinges þat ben contraryes and enemys corompen hem. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea ii. 12 I shal corrumpe, or distruye, hir vyne ȝerd, and hir fijge tree. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes 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. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > make corrupt or putrid [verb (transitive)] corrump1340 corruptc1384 putrefya1400 fadec1400 rotc1405 corrup1483 rotten1569 attaint1573 carrionize1593 putrefact1598 ranken1599 decay1626 wrox1649 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to rot or putrefy corrump1340 corruptc1384 putrefya1400 fadec1400 rotc1405 rotten1569 carrionize1593 putrefact1598 ranken1599 decay1626 wrox1649 ret1846 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 850 It myght þe ayr swa corrumpud mak Þat men þarof þe dede suld take. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. v. 6 A litil sour dowȝ corumpith, or defoulith, al the gobet. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. xiii. 592 Þondir..corrumpiþ wyne in tonnes. a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 2 Eir corrumpiþ a þing a-noon. 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (1517) sig. Miii^v He leseth his soule, and corrompeth his body. 3. To destroy morally, make morally corrupt. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt corrumpa1340 corrupt1382 perisha1400 cankera1450 gangrenate1532 putrefy?1548 cankerfret1585 debauch1603 fly-blow1605 bebauch1607 perjurea1616 ulcer1642 dross1648 deboise1654 gangrene1658 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter v. 11 Stynkand wordes þat corumpis þe herers. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 140 Þet hi ne by ycorumped ne by ydele blisse, ne be zorȝe, etc. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. viii. 85 Crysten men corrumped by the mariages..that they..make wyth the sarasyns. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Giv ^v To corrumpe or corupt, corompre. 4. To corrupt by bribery. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 324 Kyng William corumpede þe wardeynes wiþ money. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 37 Be gold ne siluer he shal not be corrupt ne corompid. 5. To corrupt (language). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [verb (transitive)] > corrupt corrump?a1400 corrupt1630 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3478 Of langage of Rome, Of Latyne corroumppede alle. 6. a. intransitive. To become corrupt; to putrefy or rot. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > become corrupt or putrid [verb (intransitive)] forrota900 foulOE rotOE rank?a1300 corrumpc1374 to-rota1382 putrefya1400 mourkenc1400 corruptc1405 festerc1475 decay1574 rankle1612 tainta1616 decompose1793 wrox1847 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > rot or putrefy forrota900 foulOE rotOE rank?a1300 corrumpc1374 to-rota1382 putrefya1400 mourkenc1400 corruptc1405 festerc1475 rottena1500 decay1574 rankle1612 tainta1616 moth1624 ret1846 wrox1847 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. xi. 96 Whan it forletiþ to ben oone, it mot nedis dien and corrumpe to-gidre. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 77 To greet aboundaunce of mater corrumpinge. a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 2 It schal not corru[m]pe ne rote whilis it is þerinne. b. To spread corruption. ΚΠ a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 71 Lecherye..stinkithe and crompithe vnto heuene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1340
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