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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
corrupt . - adjective
superlative form ofcorrupt : mostcorrupt .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thou fretting moth, that corruptest the fairest garment!
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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From her signal veracity, which she never forfeited, in all the hardships she was tried with, though her answers, as she had reason to apprehend, would often make against her; and the innocence she preserved throughout all her stratagems and contrivances to save herself from violation: Persons, even sorely tempted, may learn to preserve a sacred regard to truth; which always begets a reverence for them, even in the corruptest minds.
Pamela 2006
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Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
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Church, even in its corruptest days; and yet dances were performed four hundred years ago in the churches and in church-yards, as a part of, or an appendage to, entertainments of a religious character.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Various
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Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision
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Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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But it was not strong enough to stand up against the corruptest of all forms of corruption -- against Christians ....
The Antichrist 1895
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Babylon, and would have excited admiration in the corruptest and most luxurious days of Rome.
Mr. Meeson's Will Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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In the corruptest hearts, amidst the worst sensuality, love is still a power divine, making for all goodness.
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Henry Jones 1887
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