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Webster 1913 Edition
Corrode
Cor-rode′
(k?r-r?d′)
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Corroded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Corroding
.] 1.
To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
Aqua fortis
corroding
copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. Boyle.
2.
To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Cor-rode′
,Verb.
I.
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Syn. – To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corrode
CORRODE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To eat away by degrees; to wear away, or diminish, by gradually separating small particles from a body, in the manner an animal gnaws a substance. Thus, nitric acid corrodes copper.2.
To wear away by degrees; to prey upon; to impair; to consume, or diminish by slow degrees. Jealousy and envy corrode the constitution. Substances are corroded by time. The anxious man is a victim to corroding care.