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Webster 1913 Edition
Corruptive
Cor-rupt′ive
(k?r-r?p′t?v)
, Adj.
[L.
corruptivus
: cf. F. corruptif
.] Having the quality of tainting or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
It should be endued with some
corruptive
quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. Ray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corruptive
CORRUPTIVE
,Adj.
It should be endued with some corruptive quality.
Definition 2024
corruptive
corruptive
English
Adjective
corruptive (comparative more corruptive, superlative most corruptive)
- Tending to corrupt.
- 2007 January 28, Dorothy Samuels, “The George W. Bush Library: Scholarly Mecca or $500 Million Oxymoron?”, in New York Times:
- Following the corruptive path blazed by White House predecessors, Mr. Bush and members of his library committee apparently plan to spend the administration’s remaining days trying to coax huge contributions to the budding library complex from friends and well-heeled special interests.
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