Obs. [ad. L. corrept-us snatched up, forcibly drawn together, contracted, reproved, pa. pple. of corripĕre: see prec.]
1. Abridged, contracted, shortened.
1654. Vilvain, Epit. Ess., Pref. A v b. Clipped off by corrept pronouncing.
2. Rapt.
1659. Gauden, Tears of Ch., 212. Corrept & corrupt extasies or extravagancies.
